Union County Public Schools 2022 Booklet 23PY

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Welcome to the Union County Public Schools comprehensive benefits program. This booklet highlights the benefits offered to all eligible employees for the plan year listed below. Benefits described in this booklet are voluntary, employee-paid benefits unless otherwise noted.

OCTOBER 3, 2022 - NOVEMBER 18, 2022

JANUARY 1, 2023 - DECEMBER 31, 2023

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PRE-TAX

QUALIFICATIONS & IMPORTANT INFO THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Employees must work 30 hours or more per week.

IMPORTANT FACTS:

• The plan year for Colonial Insurance products, Spending Accounts, Sun Life Long-Term Disability, Delta Dental, Colonial Group Term Life, Superior Vision, Call A Doctor Plus Telemedicine and Legal Shield Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan lasts from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

• Deductions for Delta Dental and Superior Vision will begin December 2022. Deductions for Colonial Insurance products, Spending Accounts, Sun Life Long-Term Disability, Colonial Group Term Life, Call A Doctor Plus Telemedicine and Legal Shield Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan will begin January 2023.

• Your Group Term Life coverage includes Health Advocate Employee Assistance + Work/Life Programs. An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support and resources for personal or work-related challenges and concerns. Please see the Group Term Life pages of this benefit booklet for more details and contact information.

• If signing up for any coverage on your spouse and/or children, please have their dates of birth and social security numbers available when speaking with the Benefits Representative.

• PLEASE NOTE: Pierce Group Representatives are not authorized to assist employees with their SHP enrollment or make SHP enrollment elections on an employee’s behalf.

• If you will be receiving a new debit card, whether you are a new participant or to replace your expired card, please be aware that it may take up to 30 days following your plan effective date for your card to arrive. Your card will be delivered by mail in a plain white envelope. During this time you may use manual claim forms for eligible expenses. Please note that your debit card is good through the expiration date printed on the card.

• Elections made during this enrollment period CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD unless there is a family status change as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Examples of a family status change are: marriage, divorce, death of a spouse or child, birth or adoption of a child, termination or commencement of a spouse's employment, or the transition of spouse's employment from full-time to part-time, or vice-versa. Once a family status change has occurred, an employee has 30 days to notify the North Carolina Service Center at 1-888-662-7500 to request a change in elections.

• Flexible Spending Account expenses must be incurred during the Plan Year in order to be eligible for reimbursement.

• An employee has 90 days after the plan year ends to submit claims for spending account expenses that were incurred during the plan year. Please note that if employment terminates during the plan year, that employee's plan year ends the day employment ends. The employee has 90 days after the termination date to submit claims.

• With Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, the maximum reimbursement you can request is equal to the current account balance in your Dependent Care account. You cannot be reimbursed more than has actually been deducted from your pay.

• As a married couple, one spouse cannot be enrolled in a Medical Reimbursement FSA at the same time the other opens or contributes to an HSA.

• The Colonial Cancer plan and the Health Screening Rider on the Colonial Accident and Colonial Medical Bridge plan have a 30-day waiting period for new enrollees. Coverage, therefore, will not begin until January 31, 2023.

• Additionally, some policies may include a pre-existing condition clause. Please read your policy carefully for full details.

• Please be aware there are certain coverages that may be subject to federal and state tax when premium is paid by pretax deduction or employee contribution.

• An employee taking a leave of absence, other than under the Family & Medical Leave Act, may not be eligible to re-enter the Flexible Benefits Program until the next plan year. Please contact your Benefit Administrator for more information.

COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ONLINE

During your open enrollment period, a Pierce Group Benefits representative will be available by appointment to answer any questions you may have and to assist you in the enrollment process.

You may enroll or make changes online to your benefits plan. To enroll online, please see the information below and on the following pages.

ELECTIONS

DURING THE

• Enroll/Re-Enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts⁺ (Medical Reimbursement and Dependent Care).

• Enroll in, change or cancel Dental Insurance.

• Enroll in, change or cancel Vision Insurance.

• Enroll in, change or cancel Group Term Life Insurance.

• Enroll in, change or cancel Long-Term Disability Insurance.

• Enroll in, change or cancel Telemedicine coverage.

• Enroll in, change or cancel your Pre-Paid Legal.

• Enroll in, change or cancel Colonial coverage (see the following pages for enrollments/changes that can be completed online).

⁺You will need to re-enroll in the Flexible Spending Accounts if you want them to continue each year.

To

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“Find Your Benefits”.

This is neither an insurance contract nor a Summary Plan Description and only the actual policy provisions will prevail. All information in this booklet including premiums quoted is subject to change. All policy descriptions are for information purposes only.

Your actual policies may be different than those in this booklet.

BENSELECT ONLINE ENROLLMENT:

COMPLETE THE STEPS BELOW TO BEGIN THE ONLINE ENROLLMENT PROCESS

HELPFUL TIPS:

•If you are a new employee and unable to log into the online system, please speak with the Benefits Representative assigned to your location, or contact Human Resources.

•If you are an existing employee and unable to log into the online system, please contact Pierce Group Benefits at 888-662-7500 between 8:30am and 5:00pm, or speak with the Benefits Representative assigned to your location.

Go to https://harmony.benselect.com/ucps

•Enter your User Name: Social Security Number with or without dashes (ex. 123-45-6789 or 123456789)

•Enter your PIN: Last 4 numbers of your Social Security Number followed by last 2 numbers of your Date of Birth year (ex. 678970)

The screen prompts you to create a NEW PIN [____________________________].

Choose a security question and enter answer [______________________________________].

Confirm (or enter) an email address.

Click on ‘Save New PIN’ to continue to the enrollment welcome screen.

From the welcome screen click “Next”.

The screen shows ‘Personal Information’. Verify that the information is correct and enter the additional required information (marital status, work phone, e-mail address). Click ‘Next’.

The screen allows you to add family members. It is only necessary to enter family member information if adding or including family members in your coverage. Click ‘Next’.

The screen shows ‘Benefit Summary’. Review your current benefits and make changes/selections for the upcoming plan year.

• HEALTH CARE FSA: Enter annual amount. MAX $2,850/year

• DEPENDENT CARE FSA: Enter annual amount. MAX $5,000/year

• DENTAL: You may enroll online in Dental coverage.

• VISION: You may enroll online in Vision coverage.

• GROUP TERM LIFE: You may enroll online in Group Term Life coverage.

• LONG-TERM DISABILITY: You may enroll online in Long-Term Disability coverage.

• TELEMEDICINE: You may enroll online in Telemedicine coverage.

• LEGAL PLAN: You may enroll online in Legal coverage.

BENSELECT ONLINE ENROLLMENT CONT.:

• CANCER ASSIST

You may enroll online in Cancer Assist coverage.

• DISABILITY - EDUCATOR DISABILITY ADVANTAGE (EDA1100)

You may enroll online in EDA1100 coverage.

• ACCIDENT 1.0

You may enroll online in Accident 1.0; however persons over age 64 applying for coverage and employees wishing to purchase an individual policy for their spouse should speak with the Benefits Representative.

• MEDICAL BRIDGE

You may enroll online in Medical Bridge coverage.

• CRITICAL ILLNESS 6000

You may enroll online in Critical Illness 6000 coverage.

• TERM LIFE 5000

You may enroll online in Term Life 5000; however, employees wishing to purchase an individual policy for their spouse should speak with the Benefits Representative.

• WHOLE LIFE 5000 Plus

You may enroll online in Whole Life 5000 Plus; however, employees wishing to purchase an individual policy for their spouse should speak with the Benefits Representative.

Click ‘Sign & Submit’ once you have decided which benefits to enroll in.

Review your coverage. If any items are ‘Pending’, you will need to decide whether to enroll or decline this benefit.

Click ‘Next’ to review and electronically sign the authorization for your benefit elections.

Review the confirmation, then if you are satisfied with your elections, enter your PIN and click ‘Sign Form’.

Click ‘Download & Print’ to print a copy of your elections, or download and save the document. Please do not forget this important step!

Click ‘Log Out’.

Flexible Spending Account

An account for setting aside tax-free money for healthcare expenses

Use the below information to determine if a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) is right for you and how to best take advantage of an FSA account.

How It Works

When you enroll in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) you get to experience tax savings on qualified expenses such as copays, deductibles, prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs and medications, and thousands of other everyday items.

Can I have an FSA and an HSA?

You can’t contribute to an FSA and HSA within the same plan year. However, you can contribute to an HSA and a limited purpose FSA, which only covers dental and vision expenses.

As per IRS Publication 969, an employee covered by an HDHP and a health FSA or an HRA that pays or reimburses qualified medical expenses generally can’t make contributions to an HSA. An employee is also not HSA-eligible during an FSA Grace Period. An employee enrolled in a Limited Purpose FSA is HSA-eligible.

As a married couple, one spouse cannot be enrolled in an FSA at the same time the other is contributing to an HSA. FSA coverage extends tax benefits to family members allowing the FSA holder to be reimbursed for medical expenses for themselves, their spouse, and their dependents.

The Value & Perks

• Election Accessibility: You will have access to your entire election on the first day of the plan year.

• Save On Eligible Expenses: You can save up to 40% on thousands of eligible everyday expenses such as prescriptions, doctor’s visits, dental services, glasses, over-the-counter medicines, and copays.

• Keep More Money: The funds are taken out of your paycheck "pre-tax" (meaning they are subtracted from your gross earnings before taxes) throughout the course of the year. Let’s say you earn $40,000 a year and contribute $1,500 to an FSA; so, only $38,500 of your income gets taxed. That means you are increasing your take-home pay simply by participating!

• Easy Spending and Account Management: You will receive an Ameriflex Debit Mastercard linked to your FSA. You can use your card for eligible purchases everywhere Mastercard is accepted. Account information can be securely accessed 24/7 online and through the mobile app.

myameriflex.com | 844.423.4636 |

Eligible FSA Expenses

The IRS determines what expenses are eligible under an FSA. Below are some examples of common eligible expenses.

Copays, deductibles, and other payments you are responsible for under your health plan.

Routine exams, dental care, prescription drugs, eye care, hearing aids, etc.

Prescription glasses and sunglasses, contact lenses and solution, LASIK, and eye exams.

Certain OTC expenses such as Band-aids, medicine, First Aid supplies, etc. (prescription required).

For a full list of eligible expenses, go to myameriflex.com/eligibleexpenses.

Diabetic equipment and supplies, durable medical equipment, and qualified medical products or services.

The “Use-or-Lose” Rule

If you contribute dollars to a reimbursement account and do not use all the money you deposit, you will lose any remaining balance in the account at the end of the eligible claims period. This rule, established by the IRS as a component of tax-advantaged plans, is referred to as the “use-or-lose” rule.

To avoid losing any of the funds you contribute to your FSA, it’s important to plan ahead as much as possible to estimate what your expenditures will be in a given plan year.

Learn more at myameriflex.com | 844.423.4636 | info@myameriflex.com

Dependent Care Account

Set aside tax-free money for daycare and dependent care services

Use the below information to determine if a Dependent Care Account (DCA) is right for you and how to best take advantage of an DCA account.

How It Works

When you enroll in a Dependent Care Account (DCA) you get to experience tax savings on expenses like daycare, elderly care, summer day camp, preschool, and other services that allow you to work full time.

The Value & Perks

• Save On Eligible Expenses: You can use a DCA to pay for qualifying expenses such as daycare, summer day care, elder care, before and after school programs, and pre-school.

• Keep More Money: The funds are taken out of your paycheck "pre-tax" (meaning they are subtracted from your gross earnings before taxes) throughout the course of the year. Let’s say you earn $40,000 a year and contribute $1,500 to an DCA; so, only $38,500 of your income gets taxed. That means you are increasing your take-home pay simply by participating!

• Easy Spending and Account Management: You will receive an Ameriflex Debit Mastercard linked to your DCA. You can use your card for eligible purchases everywhere Mastercard is accepted. Account information can be securely accessed 24/7 online and through the mobile app.

Eligible DCA Expenses

The IRS determines what expenses are eligible under a DCA. Below are some examples of common eligible expenses:

Private sitter

Before- and after-school care

Daycare and elder care

Nanny service

Summer day camp Nursery school & Pre-school

For a full list of eligible expenses, go to myameriflex.com/eligibleexpenses. Learn more at myameriflex.com | 844.423.4636 | info@myameriflex.com

Online Account Instructions

How to Access Your Ameriflex Account: Go to MyAmeriflex.com and click “Login” from the upper right hand corner. When prompted, select “Participant.”

How to Register Online For Your Ameriflex Spending Account: Click the register button atop the right corner of the home screen.

1.As the primary account holder, enter your personal information.

• Choose a unique User ID and create a password (if you are told that your username is invalid or already taken, you must select another).

• Enter your first and last name.

• Enter your email address.

• Enter your Employee ID, which in most cases, will be the account holder’s Social Security Number(no dashes or spaces needed).

2.Check the box if you accept the terms of use.

3.Click 'register'. This process may take a few seconds. Do not click your browser’s back button or refresh the page.

4.Last, you must complete your Secure Authentication setup. Implemented to protect your privacy and help us prevent fraudulent activity, setup is quick and easy. After the registration form is successfully completed, you will be prompted to complete the secure authentication setup process:

Step 1: Select a Security Question option, and type in a corresponding answer.

Step 2: Repeat for the following three Security Questions, then click next.

Step 3: Verify your email address, and then click next.

Step 4: Verify and submit setup information,

5. The registration process is complete! Should you receive an information error message that does not easily guide you through the information correction process, please feel free to contact our dedicated Member Services Team at 888.868.FLEX (3539).

Want to Manage Your Account on the go?

Download the MyAmeriflex mobile app, available through the App Store or Google Play.

Your credentials for the MyAmeriflex Portal and the MyAmeriflex Mobile App are the same; there is no need for separate login information!

24/7 access to quality care... on your schedule!

Union County Public Schools

Teladoc

Connect in under 10 minutes to US-based, board certified physicians who can answer questions, diagnose and even prescribe when necessary.

Pharmacy Discount Card

Save up to 75% on your prescription medication using our pharmacy discount card. It’s easy to use and accepted at over 50,000 pharmacies nationwide!

Life Assistance

Access to professional Life Counselors and specialists who can help you achieve balance in your personal, family and work life is just a call away.

Bill Saver

Our Bill Saver program can help reduce the amount you owe for medical and dental bills over $400, often resulting in savings between 25-50%.

12month 11month 10month 20-pay

EmployeeOnly $11.50 $12.55 $13.80 $6.90

Family $14.50 $15.82 $17.40 $8.70

For more information, please contact Pierce Group Benefits

Explanation of Benefits

The Call A Doctor Plus program provides your team with fast, convenient, 24/7 access to quality care by phone, video or mobile app. Here is more information about each service offered, including how to access the benefit.

Teladoc – Talk to a doctor in minutes

Teladoc provides your team with 24/7 phone or video access to doctors who can diagnose common medical conditions, provide treatment plans, and even write prescriptions when needed. Whether they’re on vacation or it’s 2 in the morning, your team can have access to the care they need, when they need it.

Key Benefits:

à Talk to a doctor in 10 minutes on average à No co-pays, deductibles or per-call charges

à 92% of issues are resolved on the first call à US-based, board-certified doctors à Connect 24/7/365 by phone, video or app

à Get answers, prescriptions and treatment plans

Get Started in 3 Easy Steps!

1.Visit Teladoc.com or call (800) 835-2362 and select the option to ‘set up your account’.

2.Be prepared to provide the following information

a.First Name

b.Last Name

c.Date of Birth

d.Zip Code

e.Email Address: your primary email address

f.Preferred Language

g.Gender

h.The name of your employer

3.Follow the rest of the steps, complete your medical history and you’re all set!

Note: if trying to register online and your account cannot be found, please call (800) 8352362 so that Teladoc’s Client Service team can help you locate and set up your account.

Once you are finished, you can add dependents and download the mobile app.

Contact Teladoc

à Phone: (800) 835-2362

à Online: www.teladoc.com

Health

Help for life’s challenges

Health Advocate gives your team 24/7 access to a Licensed Professional Counselor for help with personal, family, and work problems. They also have access to a work/life specialist who can help them find a wide range of support resources to help balance their work and life. All it takes is one phone call!

Key Benefits:

à Support for stress, depression or anxiety

à Help with work, marital or family issues

à Network attorneys to assist with legal issues

à Financial professionals for money matters

à Childcare and Eldercare services

à Thousands of online resources

Medical Bill Saver

Your team also has access to Health Advocates Medical Bill Saver program. Medical Bill Saver can help your team reduce the cost of uncovered medical and dental bills over $400. It’s easy and can often result in 25 to 50% savings.

à We work directly with doctors and other providers on your behalf

à We have very high success rates of achieving significant savings

à Our work often results in lower out-of-pocket costs

à You become a savvier healthcare consumer through the process

à Everyone in your immediate family can use the service.

à …and much more!

Contact Health Advocate

à Phone: (877) 240-6863

à Online: members.healthadvocate.com

o Select ‘Complete Telehealth’

Pharmacy Discount Card – Save on prescription medication

Our FREE pharmacy discount card allows your employees to save up to 75% on your prescription medication using the pharmacy discount card. It’s easy to use and accepted at over 50,000 pharmacies nationwide!

Key Benefits:

à Save up to 75% on prescriptions

à No claim forms to file

à No deductibles

à No limits or maximums

à No pre-existing conditions

Accessing the Discount Card

1. Register for a card at npsncard.com/teladoc

a. Provide your personal information, including name, address, email and/or phone

b. Click ‘submit’ and a card is sent to you by mail in 3 to 4 weeks

c. If selected, your card will be immediately texted to your phone

2. Find a provider.

a. Use searchrx.com to search local partners for the lowest possible price

b. Search from over 50,000 pharmacies to find the best price

3. Go to your pharmacy of choice and present your card.

a. You will pay the discounted rate at the time of purchase by showing your card.

b. You will not have to fill out any reimbursement paperwork your savings are immediate!

Contact the Discount Card

à Online: npsncard.com/teladoc

Delta Dental PPO plus Premier Summary of Dental Plan Benefits For Group# 1220-0001, 0099

Union County Public Schools

This Summary of Dental Plan Benefits should be read along with your Certificate. Your Certificate provides additional information about your Delta Dental plan, including information about plan exclusions and limitations. If a statement in this Summary conflicts with a statement in the Certificate, the statement in this Summary applies to you and you should ignore the conflicting statement in the Certificate. The percentages below are applied to Delta Dental's allowance for each service and it may vary due to the dentist's network participation.*

Control

&

Basic Services

Endodontic Services

Periodontic Services

Other

Surgery

Major Restorative

Other

Relines

Repairs

Prosthodontic

Major Services

root canals 60% 60% 60%

treat

60% 60% 60%

60% 60% 60%

60% 60% 60%

60% 60% 60%

60% 60% 60%

60% 60% 60%

*When you receive services from a Nonparticipating Dentist, the percentages in this column indicate the portion of Delta Dental's Nonparticipating Dentist Fee that will be paid for those services. This Nonparticipating Dentist Fee may be less than what your dentist charges, which means that you will be responsible for the difference.

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Oral exams (including evaluations by a specialist) are payable twice per calendar year.

Prophylaxes (cleanings) are payable twice per calendar year. Full mouth debridement is payable once per lifetime.

Fluoride treatments are payable once per calendar year for people up to age 14.

 Benefits for space maintainers are unlimited for people up to age 16.

 Bitewing X-rays are payable once per calendar year and full mouth X-rays (which include bitewing X-rays) are payable once in any five-year period.

 Four periapical X-rays are payable per calendar year. Occlusal X-rays are payable twice per calendar year. Extraoral X-rays are payable twice per calendar year. Sialography is a Covered Service.

Diagnostic casts are payable once in any three-year period. Certain laboratory tests are Covered Services.

Sealants are payable once per tooth per lifetime for first and second permanent molars up to age 16. The surface must be free from decay and restorations.

Veneers are payable on incisors, and cuspids once per tooth per five-year period. Prefabricated crowns are payable once per tooth in any three-year period.

Composite resin (white) restorations are Covered Services on posterior teeth.

Porcelain and resin facings on crowns are Covered Services on posterior teeth.

Vestibuloplasty is a Covered Service.

 Reline and rebase of dentures are payable once in any three-year period. Tissue conditioning is payable once in any three-year period. Precision attachments on dentures are Covered Services.

 Implants and implant related services are not Covered Services.

 Crowns over implants and their related services are not Covered Services.

 Occlusal guards are payable once in any two calendar years. Antibiotic drug injections are Covered Services.

 A removable or fixed harmful habit appliance is a Covered Service once per lifetime up to age 16.

 Orthodontia is not a covered benefit.

Having Delta Dental coverage makes it easy for you to get dental care almost everywhere in the world! You can now receive expert dental care when you are outside of the United States through our Passport Dental program. This program gives you access to a worldwide network of dentists and dental clinics. English-speaking operators are available around the clock to answer questions and help you schedule care. For more information, check our Web site or contact your benefits representative to get a copy of our Passport Dental information sheet.

Maximum Payment – $1,500 per person total per Benefit Year on all services.

Deductible – $30 Deductible per person total per Benefit Year limited to a maximum Deductible of $90 per family per Benefit Year. The Deductible does not apply to oral exams, preventive services, bitewing X-rays, and sealants.

Waiting Period – Employees who are eligible for dental benefits are covered as defined by Union County Public Schools.

There is a 12-month waiting period for certain services. Periodontic Services, Other Oral Surgery, Major Restorative Services, and Prosthodontic Services will not be covered until after a person is enrolled in the dental plan for 12 consecutive months. Endodontic Services, Stainless Steel Crowns, Recement of Crowns, Relines and Repairs will not be covered until after a person is enrolled in the dental plan for 6 consecutive months.

Eligible People – All eligible employees working 30 or more hours per week as defined by Union County Public Schools who enroll in the dental plan. The Subscriber pays the full cost of this plan.

Also eligible are your legal spouse and your children to the end of the month in which they turn 26, including your children who are married, who no longer live with you, who are not your dependents for Federal income tax purposes, and/or who are not permanently disabled. Newly hired Employees may elect coverage within their first 30 days of employment. All other Employees are only eligible to enroll during the annual enrollment period. The dental policy may be cancelled or changed (to include adding or removing dependents) at any time if such change is the result of a qualifying event as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 125. No new enrollments are allowed during the plan year. Late Entrant Penalties will not apply. Please see waiting period restrictions for the specific guidelines..

You and your eligible dependents must enroll for a minimum of 12 months. If coverage is terminated after 12 months, you may not re-enroll prior to the open enrollment that occurs at least 12 months from the date of termination. Your dependents may only enroll if you are enrolled (except under COBRA) and must be enrolled in the same plan as you. Plan changes are only allowed during open enrollment periods, except that an election may be revoked or changed at any time if the change is the result of a qualifying event as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 125.

If you and your spouse are both eligible for coverage under this Contract, you may be enrolled together on one application or separately on individual applications, but not both. Your dependent children may only be enrolled on one application. Delta Dental will not coordinate benefits if you and your spouse are both covered under this Contract.

Benefits will cease as defined by Union County Public Schools.

Toll-Free Number: 800-662-8856 (TTY users call 711) https://www.DeltaDentalNC.com

Vision Care Plan for

Monthly Premiums

12month 11month 10month 20-pay

EmpOnly: $9.97 $10.88 $11.96 $5.98

Emp+1dependent: $18.03 $19.67 $21.64 $10.82

Emp+family $27.60 $30.11 $33.12 $16.56

Lens Add On Discounts

Anti scratch coating

5 Your Cost

$15

Ultraviolet coating $12

Tints solid / gradient $15 / $18

Polycarbonate lenses $40

Blue light filtering $15

Digital single vision $30

Progressive lenses (standard / premium / ultra / ultimate)

$55 / $110 / $150 / $225

Anti reflective coating (standard / premium / ultra / ultimate) $50 / $70 / $85 / $120

Polarized lenses $75

Plastic photochromic lenses $80

Hi index (1.67 / 1.75) $80 / $120

Overage Discounts5 Amount

Frames 20% off amount over allowance

Conventional contacts 20% off amount over allowance

Disposable contacts 10% off amount over allowance

Non Covered Services Discounts5 Amount

Exams, frames, prescription lenses

30% off retail

Contacts, miscellaneous options 20% off retail

Disposable contact lenses 10% off retail

Retinal imaging $39 cost

Additional

Reimbursements Amount

Eye exam (MD)

Eye exam (OD)

Up to $44

Up to $39

Frame Up to $77

Contact lens fitting (standard / specialty)2 Not covered

Contact lenses

LASIK Discounts5

Multiple discounts on laser vision correction procedures may be available to you. To learn more, visit superiorvision.com or contact your benefits coordinator.

Hearing Aid Discounts5

Through Your Hearing Network, you have access to discounts on hearing services, devices, and accessories. To learn more, visit superiorvision.com or contact your benefits coordinator.

Free Mobile App

With the free Superior Vision app (available for Android and Apple devices), you can create an account, check your eligibility and benefits, find providers, and view your member ID card.

Up to $100

MetLife Vision benefits are underwritten by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY. Certain claims and network administration services are provided through Superior Vision Services, Inc. (“Superior Vision”), a Delaware corporation. Superior Vision is part of the MetLife family of companies. Like most group benefit programs, benefit programs offered by MetLife and its affiliates contain certain exclusions, exceptions, reductions, limitations, waiting periods and terms for keeping them in force. Please contact MetLife or your plan administrator for costs and complete details. Co pays apply to in network benefits; co pays for out of network visits are deducted from reimbursements

2. Standard contact lens fitting applies to a current contact lens user who wears disposable, daily wear, or extended wear lenses only. Specialty contact lens fitting applies to new contact wearers and/or a member who wear toric, gas permeable, or multi focal lenses. 3 Covered to provider’s in office standard retail lined trifocal amount; member pays difference between progressive and standard retail lined trifocal, plus applicable co pay 4 Contact lenses are in lieu of eyeglass lenses and frames benefit. 5 Not all providers support these discounts, including the member out of pocket features. Call your provider prior to scheduling an appointment to confirm if they offer the discount and member out of pocket features. The discount and member out of pocket features are not insurance. Discounts and member out of pocket are subject to change without notice and do not apply if prohibited by the manufacturer. Lens options may not be available from all providers / all locations.

1. Materials co pay applies to lenses and frames only, not contact lenses.

How secure is your family’s future without you?

Losing a loved one is always difficult. The last thing you need to worry about is the financial cost. Funeral expenses, medical bills and taxes are just the tip of the iceberg. Do you know how you would cover ongoing living expenses, such as the mortgage, health care and utilities?

Plan for the future with Colonial Life’s Group Term Life insurance.

coverage for specified periods of time, which can be during high-need years

is typically paid tax-free to

of $10,000 to a maximum of 5 times your salary to $500,0001

group term life

in $5,000

of $5,000 to a maximum of $500,0001

coverage cannot exceed your coverage amount2

to age 26)

Benefits available in $5,000 increments to a maximum of $10,000.

Each dependent child is covered for the same amount, except children from live birth to 6 months for whom the death benefit is $1,000

per $1,000

per $1,000

What other benefits are included?

„ Accelerated death benefit: An advance of up to 75% of the death benefit, to a maximum of $150,000, if the covered person is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Terminal illness means an injury or sickness that results in the covered person having a life expectancy of 12 months or less and from which there is no reasonable prospect of recovery.3

„ Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program: provides 24-hour confidential personal support and referral service, including a medical bill saver service. Face-to-face sessions and video counseling with mental health professionals are available.4

ONLINE

ColonialLife.com/EAP

TELEPHONE

1-888-645-1772

„ Life Planning Services: offer financial and legal counsel ing services, as well as grief support and referral for up to 12 months after a claim.4

ONLINE

HealthAdvocate.com/members

ColonialLife-lifeplanning

TELEPHONE

1-800-422-5142

What features are included?

„ Portability: All ported insureds will continue to pay at the active group rates.

„ Conversion: You may be eligible to convert your coverage to a cash value policy without proof of good health when coverage ends under the group certificate.

„ Waiver of premium: If included in your plan, premium payments are waived if you become disabled.

Can I apply for guaranteed-issue coverage for my spouse or dependent children at the initial enrollment?

Yes, but their coverage will not be effective if they are currently totally disabled. Being totally disabled5 means the inability to perform two or more activities of daily living, being confined in a hospital or similar institution, or being unable to attend school outside the home (for a dependent child ages age 5 to 26). The ability to work does not determine disability. You can pay premiums on insurance for your dependents with no health questions asked. However, coverage isn’t effective until the earlier of the date they are no longer totally disabled or two years after the date that coverage would have otherwise become effective for the spouse or dependent child. This provision does not apply to newborn children born while dependent insurance is in effect.

This policy has exclusions and limitations. For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to policy number GTL1.0-P and certificate number GTL 1.0-C (including state abbreviations where used). Coverage may vary by state and may not be available in all states. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy provisions will control.

1 In WA, minimum face amount available is $25,000.

2 The maximum benefit is 50% of your benefit, up to $250,000 in NE.

3 A life expectancy of 24 months or less in IL, KS, MA, TX and WA.

4 The Employee Assistance Program and Life Planning Services, provided by Health Advocate, are available with Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company’s Group Term Life offering. Terms and availability of service are subject to change. The service provider does not provide legal advice; please consult your attorney for guidance. Services are not valid after coverage terminates. Please contact the company for full details.

5 In ID, NH and TX, the definition of total disability does not include Activities of Daily Living (ADL) requirements.

Summary of Basic and Supplemental Group Term Life Benefits for Union County Public Schools

Eligibility Guidelines

All active employees working a minimum of 30 hours or more per week on a regular basis.

Eligible spouses and dependent children (up to age 26) also qualify for coverage if employee purchases coverage.

Built-in-Benefits

Accelerated Death Benefit

An insured can advance up to 75% of their death benefit to a maximum of $150,000 if diagnosed with a terminal illness and given 12 months or less to live.

Benefit amount discounted for 12 months.

Employee Assistance Program

Life Planning Financial and Legal Service

Portability

Provides online, telephonic, and in person services to all employees with GTL 1.0 coverage and includes will preparation assistance

Provides terminally ill employees and designated beneficiaries financial, legal, and emotional support in dealing with death and loss.

Employees and their spouse and dependent children may continue coverage when the employee leaves his job, reduces hours below the minimum required or retires.

All ported insurance will continue to pay the active group rates. Evidence of insurability is not required at time of port.

Conversion

Waiver of Premium

Right to convert to an individual level premium whole life plan then in use by us without proof of good health.

Included for all coverages purchased. Based on employee’s total disability that occurs before age 65, lasts to age 65 or retirement with a 270 day elimination period. Total disability means unable to perform any occupation.

Benefit Reduction Due to Age

When an employee turns 70, coverage reduces to 65% of the face amount in effect just prior to age 70.

When an employee turns 75, coverage reduces to 50% of the face amount in effect just prior to age 70.

Policies issued to individuals over age 70 initially are automatically reduced in accordance with the schedule above.

Spouses experience the same reduction schedule, but it is based on the spouse's age.

Group Term Life Exclusions

Health Advocate Employee Assistance + Work/Life Programs

Included in your Colonial Life group term life insurance

Each day comes with its own set of challenges— expected and unexpected.

At Colonial Life, we’re here to help you. That’s why we’re o ering Health Advocate’s Employee Assistance Program and Work/Life Balance Program (EAP + Work/Life) with our group term life insurance, at no additional cost.

More assistance, more ways to find balance

Health Advocate provides confidential counseling* and resources via unlimited phone support, online chat, and up to three face-to-face sessions per issue for a variety of personal and work issues:

Stress, anxiety and depression

Substance dependency/addiction

Child care, camps and a er-school care

Grief and loss

Special needs services

Identity the resources

Retirement planning

Staying healthy

Access an expert team for life’s biggest headaches

One of Health Advocate’s many services can help relieve the burden of your medical and dental bills not covered by insurance.

Medical Bill Saver™ can:

Negotiate to help reduce non-covered medical and dental bills over $400 on the balance due and/or payment plans on your behalf

Provide a Saving Results Statement summarizing the outcome

Explain how to maximize savings and get the most value from your benefits

Using trend information, provider specialty, procedure type and geographic region, their experienced negotiators can o en obtain significant savings.

Life Planning Services

your Colonial Life group term

Colonial Life has partnered with Health Advocate to o er a helping hand to an insured terminally ill employee or spouse, or designated beneficiaries of an employee or spouse. Life Planning Services can provide guidance when you may have many financial and legal decisions to make and are not sure where to begin.

At no additional cost for 12 months, you have access to Health Advocate’s Life Planning Services that can provide:

Impartial, confidential consultations

A Life Planning Resource Guide that contains a tasks and decisions checklist, the basics on settling an estate, and more

Access to legal and financial experts who can help with decisions, such as dealing with creditors and financial changes

Tips and downloadable forms relating to wills, estates, survivor benefits and budgeting

Talk with your Colonial Life benefits counselor to learn more about how these valuable services can help during challenging times.

The Employee Assistance Program and Life Planning Services, provided by Health Advocate, are available with Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company’s group term life o ering. Terms and availability of service are subject to change. The service provider does not provide legal advice; please consult your attorney for guidance. Services are not valid a er coverage terminates. Please contact the company for full details.

*The consultants must abide by federal regulations regarding duty to warn of harm to self or others. In these instances, the consultant may be mandated to report a situation to the appropriate authority.

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Cancer Insurance

This individual voluntary policy pays benefits that can be used for both medical and/or out-of-pocket, non-medical expenses traditional health insurance may not cover. Available exclusively at the workplace, Cancer Assist is an attractive addition to any competitive benefits package that won’t add costs to a company’s bottom line.

Competitive advantages

n Composite rates.

n Four distinct plan levels, each featuring the same benefits with premiums and benefit amounts designed to meet a variety of budgets and coverage needs (benefits overview on reverse).

n Indemnity-based benefits pay exactly what’s listed for the selected plan level.

n The plan’s Family Care Benefit provides a daily benefit when a covered dependent child receives inpatient or outpatient cancer treatment.

n Employer-optional cancer wellness/health screening benefits available:

n Part One covers 24 tests. If selected, the employer chooses one of four benefit amounts for employees: $25, $50, $75 or $100. This benefit is payable once per covered person per calendar year.

n Part Two covers an invasive diagnostic test or surgical procedure if an abnormal result from a Part One test requires additional testing. This benefit is payable once per calendar year per covered person and matches the Part One benefit.

Flexible family coverage options

n Individual, Individual/Spouse, One-parent and Two-parent family policies.

n Family coverage includes eligible dependent children (to age 26) for the same rate, regardless of the number of children covered.

Attractive features

n Available for businesses with 3+ eligible employees.

n Broad range of policy issue ages, 17-75.

n Each plan level features full schedule of 30+ benefits and three optional riders (benefit amounts may vary based on plan level selected).

n Benefits don’t coordinate with any other coverage from any other insurer.

n HSA compliant.

n Guaranteed renewable.

n Portable.

n Waiver of premium if named insured is disabled due to cancer for longer than 90 consecutive days and the date of diagnosis is after the waiting period and while the policy is in force.

n Form 1099s may not be issued in most states because all benefits require that a charge is incurred. Discuss details with your benefits representative, or consult your tax adviser if you have questions.

Optional riders (available at an additional cost/payable once per covered person)

n Initial Diagnosis of Cancer Rider pays a one-time benefit for the initial diagnosis of cancer. A benefit amount in $1,000 increments from $1,000-$10,000 may be chosen. The benefit for covered dependent children is two and a half times ($2,500-25,000) the chosen benefit amount.

n Initial Diagnosis of Cancer Progressive Payment Rider pays a $50 lump-sum payment for each month the rider has been in force, after the waiting period, once cancer is first diagnosed. The issue ages for this rider are 17-64.

n Specified Disease Hospital Confinement Rider pays $300 per day for confinement to a hospital for treatment of one of 34 specified diseases covered under the rider.

Our Cancer Assist plan helps employees protect themselves and their loved ones through their diagnosis, treatment and recovery journey.

Talk to your benefits representative today to learn more about this product and how it helps provide extra financial protection to employees who may be impacted by cancer.

Cancer Assist Benefits Overview

This overview shows benefits available for all four plan levels and the range of benefit amounts payable for most common cancer treatments. Each benefit is payable for each covered person under the policy. Actual benefits vary based on the plan level selected.

Radiation/Chemotherapy

n Injected chemotherapy by medical personnel: $250-$1,000 once per calendar week

n Radiation delivered by medical personnel: $250-$1,000 once per calendar week

n Self-injected chemotherapy: $150-$400 once per calendar month

n Topical chemotherapy: $150-$400 once per calendar month

n Chemotherapy by pump: $150-$400 once per calendar month

n Oral hormonal chemotherapy (1-24 months): $150-$400 once per calendar month

n Oral hormonal chemotherapy (25+ months): $75-$200 once per calendar month

n Oral non-hormonal chemotherapy: $150-$400 once per calendar month

Anti-nausea Medication

$25-$60 per day, up to $100-$240 per calendar month

Medical Imaging Studies

$75-$225 per study, up to $150-$450 per calendar year

Outpatient Surgical Center

$100-$400 per day, up to $300-$1,200 per calendar year

Skin Cancer Initial Diagnosis

$300-$600 payable once per lifetime

Surgical Procedures

Inpatient and Outpatient Surgeries: $40-$70 per surgical unit, up to $2,500-$6,000 per procedure

Reconstructive Surgery

$40-$60 per surgical unit, up to $2,500-$3,000 per procedure including 25% for general anesthesia

Anesthesia

General: 25% of Surgical Procedures Benefit

Local: $25-$50 per procedure

Hospital Confinement

30 days or less: $100-$350 per day

Each benefit requires that charges are incurred for treatment. All benefits and riders are subject to a 30-day waiting period. Waiting period means the first 30 days following the policy’s coverage effective date during which no benefits are payable. States without a waiting period will have a pre-existing condition limitation. Product has exclusions and limitations that may affect benefits payable. Benefits vary by state and may not be available in all states. See your Colonial Life benefits representative for complete details.

31 days or more: $200-$700 per day

Family Care

Inpatient and outpatient treatment for a covered dependent child: $30-$60 per day, up to $1,500-$3,000 per calendar year

Second Medical Opinion on Surgery or Treatment

$150-$300 once per lifetime

Home Health Care Services

Examples include physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, prosthesis and orthopedic appliances, durable medical equipment: $50-$150 per day, up to the greater of 30 days per calendar year or twice the number of days hospitalized per calendar year

Hospice Care

Initial: $1,000 once per lifetime

Daily: $50 per day

$15,000 maximum for initial and daily hospice care per lifetime

Transportation and Lodging

n Transportation for treatment more than 50 miles from covered person’s home: $0.50 per mile, up to $1,000-$1,500 per round trip

n Companion Transportation (for any companion, not just a family member) for commercial travel when treatment is more than 50 miles from covered person’s home: $0.50 per mile, up to $1,000-$1,500 per round trip

n Lodging for the covered person or any one adult companion or family member when treatment is more than 50 miles from the covered person’s home: $50-$80 per day, up to 70 days per calendar year

Benefits also included in each plan

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Air Ambulance, Ambulance, Blood/Plasma/Platelets/Immunoglobulins, Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Donation, Bone Marrow Donor Screening, Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant, Cancer Vaccine, Egg(s) Extraction or Harvesting/Sperm Collection and Storage (Cryopreservation), Experimental Treatment, Hair/External Breast/Voice Box Prosthesis, Private Full-time Nursing Services, Prosthetic Device/Artificial Limb, Skilled Nursing Facility, Supportive or Protective Care Drugs and Colony Stimulating Factors

To encourage early detection, our cancer insurance offers benefits for wellness and health screening tests.

Cancer Insurance Wellness Benefits

Part One: Cancer Wellness/Health Screening

Provided when one of the tests listed below is performed after the waiting period and while the policy is in force. Payable once per calendar year, per covered person.

Cancer Wellness Tests

■ Bone marrow testing

■ Breast ultrasound

■ CA 15-3 [blood test for breast cancer]

■ CA 125 [blood test for ovarian cancer]

■ CEA [blood test for colon cancer]

■ Chest X-ray

■ Colonoscopy

■ Flexible sigmoidoscopy

■ Hemoccult stool analysis

■ Mammography

■ Pap smear

■ PSA [blood test for prostate cancer]

■ Serum protein electrophoresis [blood test for myeloma]

■ Skin biopsy

■ Thermography

■ ThinPrep pap test

■ Virtual colonoscopy

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Health Screening Tests

■ Blood test for triglycerides

■ Carotid Doppler

■ Echocardiogram [ECHO]

■ Electrocardiogram [EKG, ECG]

■ Fasting blood glucose test

■ Serum cholesterol test for HDL and LDL levels

■ Stress test on a bicycle or treadmill

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Colonial Life products are underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, for which Colonial Life is the marketing brand.

Part Two: Cancer Wellness — Additional Invasive Diagnostic Test or Surgical Procedure

Provided when a doctor performs a diagnostic test or surgical procedure after the waiting period as the result of an abnormal result from one of the covered cancer wellness tests in Part One. We will pay the benefit regardless of the test results. Payable once per calendar year, per covered person.

Waiting period means the first 30 days following the policy’s coverage effective date during which no benefits are payable.

The policy has exclusions and limitations. For cost and complete details of the coverage, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Coverage may vary by state and may not be available in all states. Applicable to policy form CanAssist (and state abbreviations where applicable – for example: CanAssist-TX).

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Maximum trips per confinement

Maximum trips per confinement

Maximum per month

Maximum per year $10,000$10,000$10,000$10,000

Maximum transplants per lifetime 2 2 2 2

Maximum per round trip $1,000$1,000$1,200$1,500

Maximum per lifetime $10,000$12,500$15,000$15,000

Maximum per year $1,500$2,000$2,500$3,000

Maximum per year

Maximum combined Initial and Daily per lifetime $15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000

Maximum days per year70707070

Maximum per year

Maximum per year

Maximum per lifetime

Cancer

Individual Cancer Insurance Description of Benefits

Maximum

$2,500$2,500$3,000$3,000

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

$400$800$1,200$1,600

$2,500$3,000$5,000$6,000

$1,000$1,000$1,200$1,500

An unexpected moment changes life forever

Chris was mowing the lawn when he suffered a stroke. His recovery will be challenging and he's worried, since his family relies on his income.

HOW CHRIS’S COVERAGE HELPED

The lump-sum payment from his critical illness insurance helped pay for:

Co-payments and hospital bills not covered by his medical insurance

Physical therapy to get back to doing what he loves

Household expenses while he was unable to work

For illustrative purposes only.

Group Critical Illness Insurance Plan 1

When life takes an unexpected turn due to a critical illness diagnosis, your focus should be on recovery — not finances. Colonial Life’s group critical illness insurance helps provide financial support by providing a lump-sum benefit payable directly to you for your greatest needs.

Coverage amount: ____________________________

Critical illness benefit

COVERED CONDITION¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

Benign brain tumor 100%

Coma 100%

End stage renal (kidney) failure 100%

Heart attack (myocardial infarction) 100%

Loss of hearing 100%

Loss of sight 100%

Loss of speech 100%

Major organ failure requiring transplant 100%

Occupational infectious HIV or occupational infectious hepatitis B, C, or D 100%

Permanent paralysis due to a covered accident 100%

Stroke 100%

Sudden cardiac arrest 100%

Coronary artery disease 25%

„ Available coverage for spouse and eligible dependent children at 50% of your coverage amount

„ Cover your eligible dependent children at no additional cost

„ Receive coverage regardless of medical history, within specified limits

„ Works alongside your health savings account (HSA)

„ Benefits payable regardless of other insurance

Subsequent diagnosis of a different critical illness2

If you receive a benefit for a critical illness, and are later diagnosed with a different critical illness, 100% of the coverage amount may be payable for that particular critical illness.

Subsequent diagnosis of the same critical illness2

If you receive a benefit for a critical illness, and are later diagnosed with the same critical illness,3 25% of the coverage amount may be payable for that critical illness.

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Additional covered conditions for dependent children

COVERED CONDITION¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

Cerebral palsy 100%

Cleft lip or palate 100%

Cystic fibrosis 100%

Down syndrome 100%

Spina bifida 100%

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1. Refer to the certificate for complete definitions of covered conditions.

2. Dates of diagnoses of a covered critical illness must be separated by more than 180 days.

3. Critical illnesses that do not qualify include: coronary artery disease, loss of hearing, loss of sight, loss of speech, and occupational infectious HIV or occupational infectious hepatitis B,C,or D.

THIS INSURANCE PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS

Insureds in MA must be covered by comprehensive health insurance before applying for this coverage.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR CRITICAL ILLNESS

We will not pay the Critical Illness Benefit, Benefits Payable Upon Subsequent Diagnosis of a Critical Illness or Additional Critical Illness Benefit for Dependent Children that occurs as a result of a covered person’s: alcoholism or drug addiction; felonies or illegal occupations; intoxicants and narcotics; suicide or injuring oneself intentionally, whether sane or not; war or armed conflict; or pre-existing condition, unless the covered person has satisfied the pre-existing condition limitation period shown on the Certificate Schedule on the date the covered person is diagnosed with a critical illness.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LIMITATION

We will not pay a benefit for a pre-existing condition that occurs during the 12-month period after the coverage effective date. Pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX). For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC. ©2020 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

Preparing for the unexpected is simpler than you think. With Colonial Life, youʼll have the support you need to face lifeʼs toughest challenges.

Group Critical Illness Insurance

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When life takes an unexpected turn, your focus should be on recovery — not finances. Colonial Life’s group critical illness insurance helps relieve financial worries by providing a lump-sum benefit payable directly to you to use as needed.

Coverage amount: ____________________________

Preparing for a lifelong journey

Rebecca was born with Down syndrome. Her parents’ critical illness coverage provided a benefit that can help cover expenses related to Rebecca’s care and her changing needs.

HOW THEIR COVERAGE HELPED

The lump-sum amount from the family coverage benefit helped pay for:

A hospital stay and treatment for corrective heart surgery

Physical therapy to build muscle strength

Special needs daycare

For illustrative purposes only.

Critical illness and cancer benefits

COVERED CRITICAL ILLNESS CONDITION¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

Benign brain tumor 100%

Coma 100%

End stage renal (kidney) failure 100%

Heart attack (myocardial infarction) 100%

Loss of hearing 100%

Loss of sight 100%

Loss of speech 100%

Major organ failure requiring transplant 100%

Occupational infectious HIV or occupational infectious hepatitis B, C, or D 100%

Permanent paralysis due to a covered accident 100%

Stroke 100%

Sudden cardiac arrest 100%

Coronary artery disease 25%

COVERED CANCER CONDITION¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

Invasive cancer (including all breast cancer) 100%

Non-invasive cancer 25%

Skin cancer initial diagnosis $400 per lifetime

KEY BENEFITS

„ Available coverage for spouse and eligible dependent children at 50% of your coverage amount

„ Cover your eligible dependent children at no additional cost

„ Receive coverage regardless of medical history, within specified limits

„ Works alongside your health savings account (HSA)

„ Benefits payable regardless of other insurance

Subsequent diagnosis of a different critical illness2

If you receive a benefit for a critical illness, and are later diagnosed with a different critical illness, 100% of the coverage amount may be payable for that particular critical illness.

Subsequent diagnosis of the same critical illness2

If you receive a benefit for a critical illness, and are later diagnosed with the same critical illness,3 25% of the coverage amount is payable for that critical illness.

Reoccurrence of invasive cancer (including all breast cancer)

If you receive a benefit for invasive cancer and are later diagnosed with a reoccurrence of invasive cancer, 25% of the coverage amount is payable if treatment-free for at least 12 months and in complete remission prior to the date of reoccurrence; excludes non-invasive or skin cancer.

Additional covered conditions for dependent children

COVERED CONDITION¹

Cerebral palsy

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

100%

Cleft lip or palate 100%

Cystic fibrosis 100%

Down syndrome 100%

Spina bifida 100%

Preparing for the unexpected is simpler than you think.

With Colonial Life, youʼll have the support you need to face lifeʼs toughest challenges.

1. Refer to the certificate for complete definitions of covered conditions.

2. Dates of diagnoses of a covered critical illness must be separated by more than 180 days.

3. Critical illnesses that do not qualify include: coronary artery disease, loss of hearing, loss of sight, loss of speech, and occupational infectious HIV or occupational infectious hepatitis B,C,or D.

THIS INSURANCE PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS Insureds in MA must be covered by comprehensive health insurance before applying for this coverage.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR CRITICAL ILLNESS

We will not pay the Critical Illness Benefit, Benefits Payable Upon Subsequent Diagnosis of a Critical Illness or Additional Critical Illness Benefit for Dependent Children that occurs as a result of a covered person’s: alcoholism or drug addiction; felonies or illegal occupations; intoxicants and narcotics; suicide or injuring oneself intentionally, whether sane or not; war or armed conflict; or pre-existing condition, unless the covered person has satisfied the pre-existing condition limitation period shown on the Certificate Schedule on the date the covered person is diagnosed with a critical illness.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR CANCER

We will not pay the Invasive Cancer (including all Breast Cancer) Benefit, Non-Invasive Cancer Benefit, Benefit Payable Upon Reoccurrence of Invasive Cancer (including all Breast Cancer) or Skin Cancer Initial Diagnosis Benefit for a covered person’s invasive cancer or non-invasive cancer that: is diagnosed or treated outside the territorial limits of the United States, its possessions, or the countries of Canada and Mexico; is a pre-existing condition, unless the covered person has satisfied the pre-existing condition limitation period shown on the Certificate Schedule on the date the covered person is initially diagnosed as having invasive or non-invasive cancer. No pre-existing condition limitation will be applied for dependent children who are born or adopted while the named insured is covered under the certificate, and who are continuously covered from the date of birth or adoption.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LIMITATION

We will not pay a benefit for a pre-existing condition that occurs during the 12-month period after the coverage effective date. Pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date. This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX). For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

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information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Group Critical Illness Insurance

First Diagnosis Building Benefit Rider

The first diagnosis building benefit rider provides a lump-sum payment in addition to the coverage amount when you are diagnosed with a covered critical illness or invasive cancer (including all breast cancer). This benefit is for you and all your covered family members.

First diagnosis building benefit

Payable once per covered person per lifetime

¾ Named insured

¾ Covered spouse/dependent children

Accumulates $1,000 each year

Accumulates $500 each year

The benefit amount accumulates each rider year the rider is in force before a diagnosis is made, up to a maximum of 10 years.

If diagnosed with a covered critical illness or invasive cancer (including all breast cancer) before the end of the first rider year, the rider will provide one-half of the annual building benefit amount.

Coronary artery disease is not a covered critical illness. Non-invasive and skin cancer are not covered cancer conditions.

THIS INSURANCE PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX) and rider form R-GCI6000-BB. For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC.

©2020 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

Group Critical Illness Insurance Infectious Diseases Rider

The sudden onset of an infectious or contagious disease can create unexpected circumstances for you or your family. The infectious diseases rider provides a lump sum which can be used toward health care expenses or meeting day-today needs. These benefits are for you as well as your covered family members.

COVERED INFECTIOUS DISEASE¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

Hospital confinement for seven or more consecutive days for treatment of the disease

Antibiotic resistant bacteria (including MRSA)

50%

Cerebrospinal meningitis (bacterial) 50%

Diphtheria 50%

Encephalitis 50%

Legionnaires’ disease 50%

Lyme disease 50%

Malaria 50%

Necrotizing fasciitis 50% Osteomyelitis 50%

Poliomyelitis 50%

Rabies 50%

Sepsis 50%

Tetanus 50%

Tuberculosis 50%

Hospital confinement for 14 or more consecutive days for treatment of the disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 25%

Payable for each covered infectious disease once per covered person per lifetime

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1. Refer to the certificate for complete definitions of covered diseases.

THIS INSURANCE PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES RIDER

We will not pay benefits for a covered infectious disease that occurs as a result of a covered person’s: alcoholism or drug addiction; felonies or illegal occupations; intoxicants and narcotics; suicide or injuring oneself intentionally, whether sane or not; war or armed conflict; or pre-existing condition, unless the covered person has satisfied the pre-existing condition limitation period shown on the Certificate Schedule on the date the covered person is diagnosed with a covered infectious disease.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LIMITATION

We will not pay a benefit for a pre-existing condition that occurs during the 12-month period after the coverage effective date. Pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX) and rider form R-GCI6000-INF. For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC. ©2020 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Group Critical Illness Insurance Progressive Diseases Rider

The debilitating effects of a progressive disease not only impact you physically, but financially as well. Changes in lifestyle may require home modification, additional medical treatment and other expenses. These benefits are for you as well as your covered family members.

Payable for each covered progressive disease once per covered person per lifetime

COVERED PROGRESSIVE DISEASE¹

PERCENTAGE OF APPLICABLE COVERAGE AMOUNT

This benefit is payable if the covered person is unable to perform two or more activities of daily living2 and the 90-day elimination period has been met.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

25%

Dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease) 25%

Huntington’s disease 25% Lupus 25%

Multiple sclerosis (MS) 25% Muscular dystrophy 25%

Myasthenia gravis (MG) 25%

Parkinson’s disease 25%

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) 25%

1. Refer to the certificate for complete definitions of covered diseases.

2. Activities of daily living include bathing, continence, dressing, eating, toileting and transferring.

THIS INSURANCE PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR PROGRESSIVE DISEASES RIDER

We will not pay benefits for a covered progressive disease that occurs as a result of a covered person’s: alcoholism or drug addiction; felonies or illegal occupations; intoxicants and narcotics; suicide or injuring oneself intentionally, whether sane or not; war or armed conflict; or pre-existing condition, unless the covered person has satisfied the preexisting condition limitation period shown on the Certificate Schedule on the date the covered person is diagnosed with a covered progressive disease.

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LIMITATION

We will not pay a benefit for a pre-existing condition that occurs during the 12-month period after the coverage effective date. Pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX) and rider form R-GCI6000-PD. For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC. ©2020 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

Group Critical Illness Insurance

Exclusions and Limitations

STATE-SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS

AK: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply

CO: Suicide exclusion: whether sane or not replaced with while sane

CT: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion replaced with Intoxication or Drug Addiction; Felonies or Illegal Occupations Exclusion replaced with Felonies; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply

DE: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply

IA: Exclusions and Limitations headers renamed to Exclusions and Limitations for Critical Illness Covered Conditions and Critical Illness Cancer Covered Conditions

ID: War or Armed Conflict Exclusion replaced with War; Felonies and Illegal Occupations Exclusion replaced with Felonies; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply; Domestic Partner added to Spouse

IL: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion replaced with Alcoholism or Substance Abuse Disorder

KS: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply

KY: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion replaced with Intoxicants, Narcotics and Hallucinogenics.

LA: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Domestic Partner added to Spouse

MA: Exclusions and Limitations headers renamed to Limitations and Exclusions for critical illness and cancer

MI: Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply; Suicide Exclusion does not apply

MN: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Suicide Exclusion does not apply; Felonies and Illegal Occupations Exclusion replaced with Felonies or Illegal Jobs; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion replaced with Narcotic Addiction

MS: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply

ND: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply

NV: Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply; Domestic Partner added to Spouse

PA: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Suicide Exclusion: whether sane or not removed

SD: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply

TX: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Doctor or Physician Relationship added as an additional exclusion

UT: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion replaced with Alcoholism

VT: Alcoholism or Drug Addiction Exclusion does not apply; Intoxicants and Narcotics Exclusion does not apply; Suicide Exclusion: whether sane or not removed

STATE-SPECIFIC PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LIMITATIONS

FL: Pre-existing is 6/12; Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within six months before the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule. Genetic information is not a pre-existing condition in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to such information.

GA: Pre-existing Condition means the existence of symptoms which would cause an ordinarily prudent person to seek diagnosis, care, or treatment, or a condition for which medical advice or treatment was recommended by or received within 12 months preceding the coverage effective date.

ID: Pre-existing is 6 months/12 months; Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition which caused a covered person to seek medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment during the six months immediately preceding the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule.

IL: Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was diagnosed, treated, had medical testing by a legally qualified physician, received medical advice, produced symptoms or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date shown on the Schedule of Benefits.

IN: Pre-existing is 6 months/12 months

MA: Pre-existing is 6 months/12 months; Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, or received medical advice within six months before the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule.

ME: Pre-existing is 6 months/6 months; Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, or received medical advice within six months before the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule.

MI: Pre-existing is 6 months/6 months

NC: Pre-existing Condition means those conditions for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was received or recommended within the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of a covered person. If a covered person is 65 or older when this certificate is issued, pre-existing conditions for that covered person will include only conditions specifically eliminated.

NV: Pre-existing is 6 months/12 months; Pre-existing Condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice or had taken medication within six months before the coverage effective date. Pre-existing Condition does not include genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to such information.

PA: Pre-existing is 90 days/12 months; Pre-existing Condition means a disease or physical condition for which you received medical advice or treatment within 90 days before the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule.

SD: Pre-existing is 6 months/12 months

TX: Pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which a covered person received medical advice or treatment within 12 months before the coverage effective date shown on the Certificate Schedule.

UT: Pre-existing is 6 months/6 months

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance, its name or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form GCI6000-P and certificate form GCI6000-C (including state abbreviations where used, for example: GCI6000-C-TX). For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company. This form is not complete without base form 385403, 387100, 387169, 402383, 402558 or 387238, and rider form 387307, 387381, 387452, 387523, 387594, 387665, 402605 or 402671.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC.

©2020 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

To be eligible for Short-Term Disability benefits you must have at least one year of contributing membership service in the Retirement System earned within the 36 calendar months preceding your disability. To be eligible for Long-Term Disability benefits you must have at least five years of contributing membership service in the Retirement System earned within the 96 calendar months prior to becoming disabled or upon cessation of continuous salary continuation payments, whichever is later.

THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

PROVIDES A DISABILITY INCOME PLAN FOR ITS PERMANENT, FULL TIME TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES AT NO COST TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

The State Plan is designed to provide for the continuation of a portion of your salary should you suffer the misfortune of an accident or sickness which disables you for longer than 60 days. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS…

1. WHEN YOU ARE DISABLED:

First 12 Months of Disability

Thereafter**

Percentage of Your Total Monthly Salary the State Pays You* 50% 65%

Maximum Total Benefit $3,000 $3,900

Reduced By Workers’ Compensation Workers’ Compensation Social Security

Not Reduced By Social Security

*1/12 of your total pay during the 12 months prior to your disability. ** you must have at least five years of contributing membership service in the Retirement System earned within the 96 calendar months prior to the end of the short term disability period.

2. Benefits under the State Plan are payable, for “Disability,” which means that you are mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties of your usual occupation.

3. You become a member of the plan when you become a full time, permanent employee of the State, and you are eligible to receive benefits from the Plan if you become disabled after you have completed one year’s service. Your coverage under the Plan ends when your employment with the State terminates.

4. Benefits of the Plan are payable beginning 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR DISABILITY (60 day waiting period).

5. The Plan coordinates with other benefits related to your employment, so that after the amounts you are eligible to receive from Social Security (for the first six months only), Workers’ Compensation, or State retirement plans, etc., the State pays you enough, in addition, to total a) 50% the first twelve months and b) 65% thereafter of your total salary, as explained in the chart above. HOWEVER, ANY BENEFIT FROM A PLAN FOR WHICH YOU PAY THE ENTIRE COST YOURSELF DOES NOT AFFECT THE STATE PLAN IN ANY WAY.

BENEFITS ARE SUBJECT TO NC STATE LAW

This information provided by Colonial Life Columbia, South Carolina 29202 www.coloniallife.com

Educator Disability Advantage

Short-Term Disability

Educator Disability Advantage insurance1 from Colonial Life is designed to provide financial protection for all education workers with plans that can help supplement and/or complement the Disability Income Plan of North Carolina.

Educator Disability Advantage insurance provides flexible options for disability coverage and accidental injury benefits to help protect your income and maintain lifestyle needs if you become disabled due to a covered accident or sickness.

My Disability Coverage Worksheet

(For use with your Colonial Life benefits counselor)

Employee Coverage (includes both on- and off-job benefits)

How much coverage do I need?

• Total Disability On-Job Accident/Sickness Off-Job Accident/Sickness

First three months $_____________/month $_____________/month Next nine months $_____________/month $_____________/month

• Partial Disability

Up to three months $____________/month $_____________/month

When will my benefits start?

After an accident: ___________ days After a sickness: ___________ days

What additional features or benefits are included?

• Normal pregnancy is covered the same as any other covered sickness.

• Waiver of Premium: We will waive your premium payments after 90 consecutive days of a covered disability.

• Goodwill Child Benefit: $1,000, up to two benefits per year for adoption or ward of a guardian

• Mental or Nervous Disorders Benefit

How much will it cost?

Your cost will vary based on the level of coverage you select.

How long could

to

Disability benefits and more

Anita teaches at a local community college and enjoys spending time on active hobbies and volunteering with nonprofits. When she was injured in a mountain biking accident, she worried that she might not be able to make ends meet for a while.

How Anita’s coverage helped*

With her coverage, she received benefits for:

• Accident emergency treatment $400

• X-ray $150

• Collarbone fracture requiring surgery .. $1,200

• Elbow dislocation (nonsurgical) $400

• Hospital stay of three nights $150

• Short-term disability benefits .......... $1,400

Total amount: ..... $3,700

*For illustrative purposes only. Coverage amounts may vary based on injury, treatment, income and more.

Additional Employee Coverage

In addition to disability coverage, this plan also provides employees with benefits related to accidental injuries, their treatment and more. Even if you’re not disabled, the following benefits are payable for covered accidental injuries or sickness:

ACCIDENTAL INJURIES BENEFITS

• Accident emergency treatment $400

• X-ray $150

• Accident follow-up treatment (including transportation)/Telemedicine .................................... $75 (up to six benefits per accident per person, up to twelve a year per person)

HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT BENEFIT FOR ACCIDENT OR SICKNESS

Pays in addition to disability benefit. Benefits begin on the first day of confinement in a hospital.

Up to three months $1,500/month ($50/day)

The Hospital Confinement benefit increases to $7,500/month when the Total Disability benefit ends at age 70.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT BENEFITS

• Accidental death $25,000

• Loss of a finger or toe Single dismemberment

..................................................$750 Double dismemberment ................................................ $1,500

• Loss of a hand, foot or sight of an eye Single dismemberment ................................................ $5,000 Dismemberment ..................................................... $10,000

• Common carrier death (includes school bus for school activities) $50,000

COMPLETE FRACTURES Nonsurgical Surgical

• Hip, thigh ............................................ $1,500 .......... $3,000

• Vertebrae $1,350 $2,700

• Pelvis $1,200 $2,400

• Skull (depressed) $1,500 $3,000

• Leg $900 $1,800

• Foot, ankle, kneecap ................................... $750 .......... $1,500

• Forearm, hand, wrist $750 $1,500

• Lower jaw $600 $1,200

• Shoulder blade, collarbone ............................. $600 .......... $1,200

• Skull (simple) $525 $1,050

• Upper arm, upper jaw $525 $1,050

• Facial bones .......................................... $450 ........... $900

• Vertebral processes $300 $600

• Rib $300 $600

• Finger, toe ............................................. $175 ........... $350

• Coccyx $125 $250

COMPLETE DISLOCATIONS

Nonsurgical Surgical

• Hip ................................................. $1,500 .......... $3,000

• Knee $975 $1,950

• Shoulder $750 $1,500

• Collarbone (sternoclavicular) $750 $1,500

• Ankle, foot $750 $1,500

• Collarbone (acromioclavicular and separation) ............ $675 .......... $1,350

• Hand $525 $1,050

• Lower jaw $450 $900

• Wrist ................................................ $400 ........... $800

• Elbow $400 $800

• One finger, toe $125 $250

• For a chip fracture, your benefit would be 25% of the amount shown. Chip fractures are those in which a fragment of bone is broken off near a joint at a point where a ligament is attached.

• For multiple fractures or dislocations, we will pay for both, up to two times the highest amount.

• For your first dislocation, you would receive the amount shown; however, recurrent dislocations of the same joint are not covered.

Optional Spouse and Dependent Child(ren) Coverage

You may cover one or all of the eligible dependent members of your family for an additional premium. Eligible dependents include your spouse and ALL dependent children who are younger than age 26.

ACCIDENTAL INJURIES BENEFITS

• Accident emergency treatment $400

• X-ray $150

• Accident follow-up treatment (including transportation)/Telemedicine $75 (up to six benefits per accident per person, up to twelve a year per person)

HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT BENEFIT FOR ACCIDENT OR SICKNESS

Up to three months

...................................... $1,500/month ($50/day)

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT BENEFITS

• Accidental death $5,000

• Loss of a finger or toe

Single dismemberment

$75

Double dismemberment $150

• Loss of a hand, foot or sight of an eye

Single dismemberment

Double dismemberment

$500

$1,000

• Common carrier death (includes school bus for school activities) $10,000

More than 1 in 4 of 20-year-olds become disabled before retirement age.2

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my disability income payment be reduced if I have other insurance?

Benefits are payable regardless of workers’ compensation or any other insurance you may have with other insurance companies. Benefits are payable directly to you (unless you specify otherwise).

When am I considered totally disabled?

Totally disabled means you are:

• Unable to perform the material and substantial duties of your occupation;

• Not, in fact, working at any occupation; and

• Under the regular and appropriate care of a doctor.

What if I want to return to work part time after I am totally disabled?

You may be able to return to work part time and still receive benefits. We call this “Partial Disability.” This means you may be eligible for coverage if:

• You are unable to perform the material and substantial duties of your job for more than half of your normally weekly scheduled hours;

• You are able to work at your job or your place of employment for less than half of your normally weekly scheduled hours;

• Your employer will allow you to return to your job or place of employment for less than half of your normally weekly scheduled hours; and

• You are under the regular and appropriate care of a doctor.

The total disability benefit must have been paid for at least fourteen days immediately prior to your being partially disabled.

When do disability benefits end?

The Total Disability Benefit will end on the policy anniversary date on or next following your 70th birthday, or when you are no longer considered disabled as defined in the policy, whichever comes first.

The Hospital Confinement benefit increases when the Total Disability Benefit ends.

Can I keep my coverage if I change jobs?

If you change jobs or retire, you can take your coverage with you at no additional cost. Your coverage is guaranteed renewable for life as long as you pay your premiums when they are due or within the grace period.

How do I file a claim?

Visit ColonialLife.com or call our Policyholder Service Center at 1-800-325-4368 for additional information.

What is a pre-existing condition?

A pre-existing condition means a sickness or physical condition for which any covered person was treated, received medical advice, or had taken medication within twelve months before the effective date of the policy.

If you are age 65 or older when the policy is issued, pre-existing conditions include only conditions specifically excluded from coverage by the rider.

If you become disabled due to a pre-existing condition, we will not pay for any disability period if it begins during the first twelve months the policy is in force.

What is the Mental or Nervous Disorder benefit?

This benefit provides coverage for a disability due to a mental or nervous condition. Coverage provides a benefit up to three months per occurrence, with a cumulative lifetime maximum benefit of 24 months.

For more information, talk with your Colonial Life benefits counselor.

1. Educator Disability Advantage is the marketing name of the insurance product filed as “Disability Income Insurance Policy.”

2. U.S. Social Security Administration, The Faces and Facts of Disability. https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityfacts/facts.html. Accessed April 2021.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

We will not pay benefits for losses that are caused by or are the result of: Cosmetic Surgery, Felonies and Illegal Occupations, Flying, Hazardous Avocations, Intoxicants and Narcotics, Racing, Semiprofessional or Professional Sports, Substance Abuse, Suicide or Self-Inflicted Injuries, and War or Armed Conflict.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The policy or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The policy has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form NCK1100. For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC.

© 2022 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

FOR EMPLOYEES 8-22 | 1006400-1

Voluntary Long-Term Disability insurance Benefit Highlights

For All Eligible Employees of Union County Public Schools

Long Term Disability insurance provides you with a monthly cash benefit to help payfor everyday expenses (such as mortgage/rent, utilities, childcare, or groceries) if a covered disability like a back injury or chronic illness takesyou away from work for an extendedtime.

Benefits

Monthly benefit (after your claim is approved)

Get a monthly check of $500 to $2,500 in any $100 increment you choose that replacesup to 60% of your Total MonthlyEarnings.

Guaranteed IssueAmount $2,500

When benefits begin Benefits begin as soon as 90 days

Benefits may be paid for Up to 5 years graded, or until you reach retirement age. See Q&A section for scheduleof benefits.

NOTE: This is an increment plan. There are no offsets for NC Teachers Retirement Disability Income Plan, the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS), or forSocial Security Disability Benefits, but income from other sources could reduce your benefitamount.

Additional planfeatures

• You’re covered for injury or sickness 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on or off thejob.

• Qualify for additional benefits if your covered disability begins with a hospital stay of 14 days ormore.

• A vocational rehabilitation counselor will work with you, when appropriate, to create a return-to-work plan that’s right for you

Employee coverage and cost for Long-TermDisability

The chart below shows possible coverage amounts and corresponding costs per monthly pay period. Locate the annual earnings closest to your salary, without exceeding it. The corresponding coverage amount represents the maximum coverage you could select.

$6.90 $13.80 $12.55 $11.50 $30,000 $1,500 $10.35 $20.70 $18.82 $17.25 $40,000 $2,000 $13.80 $27.60 $25.09 $23.00 $50,000 $2,500 $17.25 $34.50 $31.36 $28.75

What happens if I becomedisabled?

Contact your employer to report your disability and to check whether you are insured under the policyand eligible to file a claim for long term disability insurance benefits. You will have to wait a certain number of days (see “when benefits begin”), for your benefits to kick in after you are no longer able to work due to a covered disability.

How do I qualify forbenefits?

You’ll start receiving disability payments if you satisfythe Elimination Period (see “When benefits begin” in the table) and meet the definition ofdisability.

What if I have a pre-existingcondition?

If you submit a claim within 12 months of your insurance taking effect, or 12 months following any increase in your amount of insurance, we will not pay any benefit for any pre existing condition. A pre existing condition includes anything you have sought treatment for in the 3 months prior to your insurance becoming effective. Treatment can include consultation, advice, care, services or a prescription for drugs or medicine.

How do I file a claim?

To file your claim, we need to receive information from you about your doctor, your income and your critical condition. We’ll ask for youto authorize the release and disclosure of information, like medical records, to help us evaluateyour claim. Your doctor will also need to fill out a form that provides us with specific medical information aboutyour condition and expected recovery. Forms may be downloaded from www.sunlife.com/us. Make sure to complete and sign all forms, as missing information or signatures can delay yourclaim.

Whom can I contact with questions about my coverage?

After the effective date of your coverage, contact our Customer Service representatives at 800 247 6875, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET, Monday throughFriday.

Regarding how long benefits are paid: what does “up to 5 years graded”mean?

Depending on what age you are when you become disabled, that will determine how long your benefit is paid to you.

Age at Disablement Benefit DurationLimit

Less than 61 60 months

61 48 months

62 42 months

63 36 months

64 30 months

65 24 months

66 21 months

67 18 months

68 15 months

69 and older 12 months

Important Plan Provisions

Limitations andexclusions*

We will not pay a benefit that is caused by, contributed to in any way or resulting from: intentionally self-inflicted injuries; committing or attempting to commit an assault, felony or other criminal act; war or an act of war; active participation in a riot, rebellion or insurrection; operation of a motorized vehicle while intoxicated. We will not pay a benefit if you do not submit proof of your loss as required by us (this covers medical examination, continuing care, death certificate, medical records, etc.); or for any Period of disability during which you are incarcerated.

* The above exclusions and limitations may vary by state lawand regulations. Pleaseseethe certificate or ask your benefits administrator for informationonEliminationPeriods,WaitingPeriods, and Pre ExistingConditions limitations, where applicable.

The Effective Date of any initial, increased or additional insurance will be delayed for an Employee if heor she is not Actively atWork. The initial, increased or additional insurancewill become effective on the date the Employee returns to anActively atWork status. AnEmployee is considered Actively atWork if he orshe performs all the regular duties of his or her job for afull work day scheduled by the Employer at the Employer’s normal place of business or asite where the Employer’s business requires the Employee to travel.

This coverage does notconstitutecomprehensive health insurance (often referred to as “majormedicalcoverage”) and does not satisfy the requirement for Minimum Essential Coverage under the Affordable CareAct.

If your disability coverage is paid with pre tax dollars, the benefit payments will be fully or partially taxable under federal taxlaw based on the percentage of the premiums paidwith pre taxdollars. Statetaxlaws for disability benefit payments vary and other taxconsiderations apply. Please consult your legal or taxadvisor formore information. Sun Life does not provide tax advice.

This Overviewis preliminary totheissuance of thePolicy. Refer to your Certificatefor details. Receipt of this Overviewdoes not constitute approval of coverage under the Policy. In the event of a discrepancy between this Overview, the Certificate and the Policy, the terms of the Policy will govern.

Group insurance policies are underwritten by Sun LifeAssurance Company of Canada (Wellesley Hills, MA) in allstates, except NewYork, under PolicyForm Series 93P LH, 15 GP 01, 12 DI C 01, 12 GPPort P 01,12 STDPort C 01, 16 DI C 01,TDBPOLICY 2006, andTDI POLICY.InNew York, group insurance policies areunderwritten by Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (U.S.) (Lansing, MI) under Policy Form Series 15 GP 01, 13 GP LH 01, 13 LTD C 01, 13 STD C 01, 06P NY DBL, 12 GPPort 01, and 12 STDPort C 01. Product offerings may not be available in all states and may vary depending on state laws andregulations.

© 2018 Sun LifeAssurance Company of Canada,Wellesley Hills, MA02481. All rights reserved. Sun Life Financial and the globe symbol are registered trademarks ofSun LifeAssurance Company of Canada. Visit us at www.sunlife.com/us.

GVLTDBH EE 7689

SLPC 29107 6/18 (exp. 1/20)

Safeguard your finances so you can focus on your health during a long-term disability.

Accident Insurance

Accidents happen in places where you and your family spend the most time – at work, in the home and on the playground – and they’re unexpected. How you care for them shouldn’t be.

In your lifetime, which of these accidental injuries have happened to you or someone you know?

l Sports-related accidental injury

l Broken bone

l Burn

l Concussion

l Laceration

l Back or knee injuries

l Car accidents

l Falls & spills

l Dislocation

l Accidental injuries that send you to the Emergency Room, Urgent Care or doc tor’s office

Colonial Life’s Accident Insurance is designed to help you fill some of the gaps caused by increasing deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket costs related to an accidental injury. The benefit to you is that you may not need to use your savings or secure a loan to pay expenses. Plus you’ll feel better knowing you can have greater financial security.

What

You’re paid regardless of any other insurance you may have with other insurance companies, and the benefits are paid directly to you (unless you specify otherwise).

What if I change employers?

If you change jobs or leave your employer, you can take your coverage with you at no additional cost. Your coverage is guaranteed renewable as long as you pay your premiums when they are due or within the grace period.

Can my premium change?

Colonial Life can change your premium only if we change it on all policies of this kind in the state where your policy was issued.

How do I file a claim?

Visit coloniallife.com or call our Customer Service Department at 1.800.325.4368 for additional information.

Will my accident claim payment be reduced if I have other insurance?

Common Accidental Injuries

Dislocations

Non-Surgical Surgical

Hip $6,600 $13,200

Knee (except patella) $3,300 $6,600

Ankle – Bone or Bones of the Foot (other than Toes) $2,640 $5,280

Collarbone (Sternoclavicular) $1,650 $3,300

Lower Jaw, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist $990 $1,980

Bone or Bones of the Hand $990 $1,980

Collarbone (Acromioclavicular and Separation) $330 $660

One Toe or Finger $330 $660

Fractures

Non-Surgical Surgical

Depressed Skull $5,500 $11,000

Non-Depressed Skull $2,200 $4,400

Hip, Thigh $3,300 $6,600

Body of Vertebrae, Pelvis, Leg $1,650 $3,300 Bones of Face or Nose (except mandible or maxilla) $770 $1,540

Upper Jaw, Maxilla $770 $1,540

Upper Arm between Elbow and Shoulder $770 $1,540

Lower Jaw, Mandible, Kneecap, Ankle, Foot $660 $1,320

Shoulder Blade, Collarbone, Vertebral Process $660 $1,320

Forearm, Wrist, Hand $660 $1,320 Rib $550 $1,100 Coccyx $440 $880 Finger, Toe $220 $440

$1,000 to $12,000

$10,000

Requires Surgery

$1,500

Transportation/Lodging Assistance

If injured, covered person must travel more than 50 miles from residence to receive special treatment and confinement in a hospital.

l Transportation

$500 per round trip up to 3 round trips

l Lodging (family member or companion) $125 per night up to 30 days for a hotel/motel lodging costs

Accident Hospital Care

l Hospital Admission* $1,500 per accident

l Hospital ICU Admission* $3,000 per accident

* We will pay either the Hospital Admission or Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission, but not both.

l Hospital Confinement

l Hospital ICU Confinement

Accident Follow-Up Care

l

$250 per day up to 365 days per accident

$500 per day up to 15 days per accident

Accident Follow-Up Doctor Visit $50 (up to 3 visits per accident)

l Medical Imaging Study

l Occupational or Physical Therapy

l Appliances

l Prosthetic Devices/Artificial Limb

l Rehabilitation Unit

Accidental Dismemberment

l Loss of Finger/Toe

$250 per accident (limit 1 per covered accident and 1 per calendar year)

$35 per treatment up to 10 days

$125 (such as wheelchair, crutches)

$500 - one, $1,000 - more than 1

per day up to 15 days per covered accident, and 30 days per calendar year. Maximum of 30 days per calendar year

$750 – one, $1,500 – two or more

l Loss or Loss of Use of Hand/Foot/Sight of Eye

Catastrophic Accident

For severe injuries that result in the total and irrecoverable:

l Loss of one hand and one foot

l Loss of both hands or both feet

l Loss or loss of use of one arm and one leg or

l Loss or loss of use of both arms or both legs

$7,500 – one, $15,000 – two or more

l Loss of the sight of both eyes

Loss of the hearing of both ears

Loss of the ability to speak

Named Insured ................ $25,000 Spouse .............. $25,000 Child(ren) ......... $12,500

365-day elimination period. Amounts reduced for covered persons age 65 and over. Payable once per lifetime for each covered person.

Accidental Death

Accidental Death Common Carrier

l Named Insured $25,000 $100,000

l Spouse $25,000 $100,000

l Child(ren) $5,000 $20,000

Health Screening Benefit

l $50 per covered person per calendar year

Provides a benefit if the covered person has one of the health screening tests performed. This benefit is payable once per calendar year per person and is subject to a 30-day waiting period.

Tests include:

l Blood test for triglycerides

l Bone marrow testing

l Breast ultrasound

l CA 15-3 (blood test for breast cancer)

l CA125 (blood test for ovarian cancer)

l Carotid doppler

l CEA (blood test for colon cancer)

l Chest x-ray

l Colonoscopy

l Echocardiogram (ECHO)

l Electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG)

l Fasting blood glucose test

l Flexible sigmoidoscopy

l Hemoccult stool analysis

l Mammography

l Pap smear

l PSA (blood test for prostate cancer)

l Serum cholesterol test to determine level of HDL and LDL

l Serum protein electrophoresis (blood test for myeloma)

l Stress test on a bicycle or treadmill

l Skin cancer biopsy

l Thermography

l ThinPrep pap test

l Virtual colonoscopy

My Coverage Worksheet (For use with your Colonial Life benefits counselor)

Who will be covered? (check one)

Employee Only Spouse Only One Child Only Employee & Spouse

One-Parent Family, with Employee One-Parent Family, with Spouse Two-Parent Family

When are covered accident benefits available? (check one)

On and Off -Job Benefits Off -Job Only Benefits

EXCLUSIONS

We will not pay benefits for losses that are caused by or are the result of:  hazardous avocations; felonies or illegal occupations; racing; semi-professional or professional sports; sickness; suicide or self-inflicted injuries; war or armed conflict; in addition to the exclusions listed above, we also will not pay the Catastrophic Accident benefit for injuries that are caused by or are the result of: birth; intoxication.

For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to policy form Accident 1.0-HS-NC. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy provisions will control.

Accident 1.0 -Preferred with Health Screening Benefit

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2023 STATE HEALTH PLAN COMPARISON

Active and Non-Medicare Subscribers

PLAN DESIGN FEATURES

Annual Deductible

$1,250 Individual $3,750 Family

$2,500 Individual $7,500 Family

$1,500 Individual $4,500 Family

$3,000 Individual $9,000 Family

Coinsurance

20% of eligible expenses after deductible is met

40% of eligible expenses after deductible and the difference between the allowed amount and the charge 30% of eligible expenses after deductible is met

50% of eligible expenses after deductible and the difference between the allowed amount and the charge

Out-of-Pocket Maximum (Combined Medical and Pharmacy)

$4,890 Individual $14,670 Family

$9,780 Individual $29,340 Family

$5,900 Individual $16,300 Family

$11,800 Individual $32,600 Family

Preventive Services $0 (covered at 100%) N/A $0 (covered at 100%) N/A

Office Visits

$0 for CPP PCP on ID card; $10 for non-CPP PCP on ID card; $25 for any other PCP

Specialist Visits

Speech/Occu/Chiro/PT

40% after deductible is met

$0 for CPP PCP on ID card; $30 for non-CPP PCP on ID card; $45 for any other PCP

50% after deductible is met

$40 for CPP Specialist; $80 for other Specialists 40% after deductible is met 50% after deductible is met

$26 for CPP Provider; $52 for other Providers

40% after deductible is met

$47 for CPP Specialist; $94 for other Specialists

$36 for CPP Provider; $72 for other Providers

50% after deductible is met

Urgent Care $70 $100

PCP:

To

CPP

Enhanced PPO Plan (80/20)

Base PPO Plan (70/30)

IN-NETWORK OUT-OFNETWORK IN-NETWORK OUT-OFNETWORK

PLAN DESIGN FEATURES

Emergency Room (Copay waived w/admission or observation stay)

$300 copay, then 20% after deductible is met

$337 copay, then 30% after deductible is met

Inpatient Hospital

$300 copay, then 20% after deductible is met $300 copay, then 40% after deductible is met

PHARMACY BENEFITS

Tier 1 (Generic)

Tier 2 (Preferred Brand & High-Cost Generic)

Tier 3 (Non-preferred Brand)

Tier 4 (Low-Cost Generic Specialty)

Tier 5 (Preferred Specialty)

Tier 6 (Non-preferred Specialty)

Preferred Blood Glucose Meters (BGM) and Supplies

$5 copay per 30-day supply

$30 copay per 30-day supply

Deductible/coinsurance

$337 copay, then 30% after deductible is met $337 copay, then 50% after deductible is met

$16 copay per 30-day supply

$47 copay per 30-day supply

Deductible/coinsurance

$100 copay per 30-day supply$200 copay per 30-day supply

$250 copay per 30-day supply$350 copay per 30-day supply

Deductible/coinsurance

$5 copay per 30-day supply

*

Preferred and Non-Preferred Insulin

Preventive Medications

$0 copay per 30-day supply

$0 (covered by the Plan at 100%)

Deductible/coninsurance

$10 copay per 30-day supply

$0 copay per 30-day supply

$0 (covered by the Plan at 100%)

* This does not include Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems or associated supplies. Preferred Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems and associated supplies are considered a Tier 2 member copay.

IN-NETWORK OUT-OFNETWORK IN-NETWORK OUT-OFNETWORK

Enhanced PPO Plan (80/20)

Base PPO Plan (70/30)

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

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Our Individual Medical BridgeSM insurance can help with medical costs that your health insurance may not cover. These benefits are available for you, your spouse and eligible dependent children.

Hospital confinement $

Maximum of one benefit per covered person per calendar year

Observation room $100 per visit

Maximum of two visits per covered person per calendar year

Rehabilitation unit confinement

$100 per day

Maximum of 15 days per confinement with a 30-day maximum per covered person per calendar year

Waiver of premium

Available after 30 continuous days of a covered hospital confinement of the named insured

Outpatient surgical procedure

Tier 1 $_______________

Tier 2 $

Maximum of $________________ per covered person per calendar year for all covered outpatient surgical procedures combined

The surgeries listed below are only a sampling of the surgeries that may be covered. Surgeries must be performed by a doctor in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center. For complete details and definitions, please refer to your policy.

Tier 1 outpatient surgical procedures

Breast

Axillary node dissection

Breast capsulotomy

Lumpectomy

Cardiac

Pacemaker insertion

Colonoscopy

Fistulotomy

Hemorrhoidectomy

Lysis of adhesions

Laparoscopic hernia repair

Skin grafting

nose, throat, mouth

Adenoidectomy

Removal of oral lesions

Myringotomy

Tonsillectomy

Tracheostomy

Tympanotomy

Gynecological

Dilation and curettage (D&C)

Endometrial ablation

Lysis of adhesions

Liver

Paracentesis

system

Carpal/cubital repair or release

Foot surgery (bunionectomy, exostectomy, arthroplasty, hammertoe repair)

Removal of orthopedic hardware

Removal of tendon lesion

Tier 2 outpatient surgical procedures

„ Breast

– Breast reconstruction

– Breast reduction

„ Cardiac

– Angioplasty

– Cardiac catheterization

„ Digestive

– Exploratory laparoscopy

– Laparoscopic appendectomy

– Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

„ Ear, nose, throat, mouth

– Ethmoidectomy

– Mastoidectomy

– Septoplasty

– Stapedectomy

– Tympanoplasty

„ Eye

– Cataract surgery

– Corneal surgery (penetrating keratoplasty)

– Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy)

– Vitrectomy

„ Gynecological

– Hysterectomy

– Myomectomy

„

Musculoskeletal system

– Arthroscopic knee surgery with meniscectomy (knee cartilage repair)

– Arthroscopic shoulder surgery

– Clavicle resection

– Dislocations (open reduction with internal fixation)

– Fracture (open reduction with internal fixation)

– Removal or implantation of cartilage

– Tendon/ligament repair

„ Thyroid

– Excision of a mass

„ Urologic

– Lithotripsy

THIS POLICY PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS.

EXCLUSIONS

We will not pay benefits for losses which are caused by: alcoholism or drug addiction, dental procedures, elective procedures and cosmetic surgery, felonies or illegal occupations, pregnancy of a dependent child, psychiatric or psychological conditions, suicide or injuries which any covered person intentionally does to himself or herself, or war. We will not pay benefits for hospital confinement of a newborn who is neither injured nor sick. We will not pay benefits for loss during the first 12 months after the effective date due to a pre-existing condition. Pre-exisiting conditions are those conditions whether diagnosed or not, for which a covered person received medical advice, diagnosis or care, or treatment was received or recommended within the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of the policy. If a covered person is 65 or older when the policy is issued, pre-existing conditions will include only conditions specifically eliminated by rider.

For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to policy number IMB7000-NC. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy provisions will control.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC ©2018 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

3

Our Individual Medical BridgeSM insurance can help with medical costs that your health insurance may not cover. These benefits are available for you, your spouse and eligible dependent children.

Hospital confinement $

Maximum of one benefit per covered person per calendar year

Observation room $100 per visit

Maximum of two visits per covered person per calendar year

Rehabilitation unit confinement $100 per day

Maximum of 15 days per confinement with a 30-day maximum per covered person per calendar year

Waiver of premium

Available after 30 continuous days of a covered hospital confinement of the named insured

Diagnostic procedure

„ Tier 1 $250

„ Tier 2 $500

Maximum of $500 per covered person per calendar year for all covered diagnostic procedures combined

Outpatient surgical procedure

Tier 1 $

Tier 2 $

Maximum of $___________ per covered person per calendar year for all covered outpatient surgical procedures combined

The following is a list of common diagnostic procedures that may be covered.

1 diagnostic procedures

Biopsy (incisional, needle, stereotactic)

radiology

Nuclear medicine test

Barium enema/lower GI series

Barium swallow/upper GI series

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

nose, throat, mouth

Cervical biopsy

Cone biopsy

Hysteroscopy

biopsy

Loop electrosurgical excisional procedure (LEEP)

2 diagnostic procedures

Angiogram

stress test

echocardiogram (TEE)

– biopsy

– biopsy

Bone marrow aspiration/biopsy

biopsy

Biopsy

Bronchoscopy

Pulmonary function test (PFT)

of lesion

biopsy

Cystoscopy

Diagnostic radiology

Computerized tomography scan (CT scan)

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Myelogram

Positron emission tomography scan (PET scan)

The surgeries listed below are only a sampling of the surgeries that may be covered. Surgeries must be performed by a doctor in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center. For complete details and definitions, please refer to your policy.

Tier 1 outpatient surgical procedures

„ Breast

– Axillary node dissection

– Breast capsulotomy

– Lumpectomy

„ Cardiac – Pacemaker insertion

„ Digestive

– Colonoscopy

– Fistulotomy

– Hemorrhoidectomy

– Lysis of adhesions

„ Skin

– Laparoscopic hernia repair

– Skin grafting

„ Ear, nose, throat, mouth

– Adenoidectomy

– Removal of oral lesions

– Myringotomy

– Tonsillectomy

– Tracheostomy

– Tympanotomy

Tier 2 outpatient surgical procedures

Breast

Breast reconstruction

Breast reduction

Cardiac

Angioplasty

Cardiac catheterization

Exploratory laparoscopy

Laparoscopic appendectomy

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

„ Ear, nose, throat, mouth

– Ethmoidectomy

– Mastoidectomy

– Septoplasty

– Stapedectomy

– Tympanoplasty

„ Eye

– Cataract surgery

– Corneal surgery (penetrating keratoplasty)

– Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy)

– Vitrectomy

EXCLUSIONS

„ Gynecological

– Dilation and curettage (D&C)

– Endometrial ablation

– Lysis of adhesions

„ Liver

– Paracentesis

„ Musculoskeletal system

– Carpal/cubital repair or release

– Foot surgery (bunionectomy, exostectomy, arthroplasty, hammertoe repair)

– Removal of orthopedic hardware

– Removal of tendon lesion

„ Gynecological

– Hysterectomy

– Myomectomy

„ Musculoskeletal system

– Arthroscopic knee surgery with meniscectomy (knee cartilage repair)

– Arthroscopic shoulder surgery

– Clavicle resection

– Dislocations (open reduction with internal fixation)

– Fracture (open reduction with internal fixation)

– Removal or implantation of cartilage

– Tendon/ligament repair

„

Thyroid

– Excision of a mass

„ Urologic

– Lithotripsy

We will not pay benefits for losses which are caused by: alcoholism or drug addiction, dental procedures, elective procedures and cosmetic surgery, felonies or illegal occupations, pregnancy of a dependent child, psychiatric or psychological conditions, suicide or injuries which any covered person intentionally does to himself or herself, or war. We will not pay benefits for hospital confinement of a newborn who is neither injured nor sick. We will not pay benefits for loss during the first 12 months after the effective date due to a pre-existing condition. Pre-exisiting conditions are those conditions whether diagnosed or not, for which a covered person received medical advice, diagnosis or care, or treatment was received or recommended within the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of the policy. If a covered person is 65 or older when the policy is issued, pre-existing conditions will include only conditions specifically eliminated by rider.

For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to policy number IMB7000-NC. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy provisions will control.

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For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

Health Screening

Individual Medical BridgeSM insurance’s health screening benefit can help pay for health and wellness tests you have each year.

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Health screening

Maximum of one health screening test per covered person per calendar year; subject to a 30-day waiting period

Blood test for triglycerides

Bone marrow testing

Breast ultrasound

CA 15-3 (blood test for breast cancer)

CA 125 (blood test for ovarian cancer)

CEA (blood test for colon cancer)

Carotid Doppler

Chest X-ray

Colonoscopy

Echocardiogram (ECHO)

Electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG)

Fasting blood glucose test

Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Hemoccult stool analysis

Mammography

Pap smear

PSA (blood test for prostate cancer)

Serum cholesterol test for HDL and LDL levels

Serum protein electrophoresis (blood test for myeloma)

Skin cancer biopsy

Stress test on a bicycle or treadmill

Thermography

ThinPrep pap test

Virtual colonoscopy

Waiting period means the first 30 days following any covered person’s policy coverage effective date, during which no benefits are payable. For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to policy number IMB7000 (including state abbreviations where used, for example: IMB7000-TX). Coverage may vary by state and may not be available in all states. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy provisions will control.

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Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

Medical Treatment Package

The medical treatment package for Individual Medical BridgeSM coverage can help pay for deductibles, co-payments and other out-of-pocket expenses related to a covered accident or covered sickness.

The medical treatment package paired with Plan 2 or Plan 3 provides the following benefits:

Air ambulance $1,000

Maximum of one benefit per covered person per calendar year

Ambulance $100

Maximum of one benefit per covered person per calendar year

Appliance $100

Maximum of one benefit per covered person per calendar year

Doctor’s office visit

Maximum of three visits per calendar year for named insured coverage or maximum of five visits per calendar year for all covered persons combined

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

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$25 per visit

Emergency room visit $100 per visit

Maximum of two visits per covered person per calendar year

X-ray $25 per benefit

Maximum of two benefits per covered person per calendar year

THIS POLICY PROVIDES LIMITED BENEFITS.

EXCLUSIONS

We will not pay benefits for losses which are caused by: alcoholism or drug addiction, dental procedures, elective procedures and cosmetic surgery, felonies or illegal occupations, pregnancy of a dependent child, psychiatric or psychological conditions, suicide or injuries which any covered person intentionally does to himself or herself, or war.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The insurance has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy form IMB7000-NC. For cost and complete details of coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC. © 2021 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

NS-15014-1-NC

For more information, talk with your benefits counselor.

Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

Optional Riders

Individual Medical BridgeSM offers two optional benefit riders – the daily hospital confinement rider and the enhanced intensive care unit confinement rider. For an additional cost, these riders can help provide extra financial protection to help with out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Daily hospital confinement rider

Per covered person per day of hospital confinement

Maximum of 365 days per covered person per confinement

Enhanced intensive care unit confinement rider

Per covered person per day of intensive care unit confinement

Maximum of 30 days per covered person per confinement

Re-confinement for the same or related condition within 90 days of discharge is considered a continuation of a previous confinement.

$100 per day

$500 per day

EXCLUSIONS

We will not pay benefits for losses which are caused by: alcoholism or drug addiction, dental procedures, elective procedures and cosmetic surgery, felonies or illegal occupations, pregnancy of a dependent child, psychiatric or psychological conditions, suicide or injuries which any covered person intentionally does to himself or herself, or war. We will not pay benefits for hospital confinement of a newborn who is neither injured nor sick. We will not pay benefits for loss during the first 12 months after the effective date due to a pre-existing condition. Pre-exisiting conditions are those conditions whether diagnosed or not, for which a covered person received medical advice, diagnosis or care, or treatment was received or recommended within the one-year period immediately preceding the effective date of the policy. If a covered person is 65 or older when the policy is issued, pre-existing conditions will include only conditions specifically eliminated by rider.

For cost and complete details, see your Colonial Life benefits counselor. Applicable to rider numbers R-DHC7000-NC and R-EIC7000-NC. This is not an insurance contract and only the actual policy or rider provisions will control.

©2015 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC | Colonial Life insurance products are underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, for which Colonial Life is the marketing brand.

Term Life Insurance

Life insurance protection when you need it most

Life insurance needs change as life circumstances change. You may need different coverage if you’re getting married, buying a home or having a child.

Term life insurance from Colonial Life provides protection for a specified period of time, typically offering the greatest amount of coverage for the lowest initial premium. This fact makes term life insurance a good choice for supplementing cash value coverage during life stages when obligations are higher, such as while children are younger. It’s also a good option for families on a tight budget — especially since you can convert it to a permanent cash value plan later.

With this coverage:

n A beneficiary can receive a benefit that is typically free from income tax.

n The policy’s accelerated death benefit can pay a percentage of the death benefit if the covered person is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

n You can convert it to a Colonial Life cash value insurance plan, with no proof of good health, to age 75.

n Coverage is guaranteed renewable up to age 95 as long as premiums are paid when due.

n Portability allows you to take it with you if you change jobs or retire.

Spouse coverage options

Two options are available for spouse coverage at an additional cost:

1. Spouse Term Life Policy: Offers guaranteed premiums and level death benefits equivalent to those available to you –whether or not you buy a policy for yourself.

2. Spouse Term Life Rider: Add a term rider for your spouse to your policy, up to a maximum death benefit of $50,000; 10-year and 20-year are available (20-year rider only available with a 20- or 30-year term policy).

Dependent coverage options

You may add a Children’s Term Life Rider to cover all of your eligible dependent children with up to $20,000 in coverage each for one premium.

The Children’s Term Life Rider may be added to either the primary or spouse policy, not both.

If the insured dies by suicide, whether sane or insane, within two years (one year in ND) from the coverage effective date or the date of reinstatement, we will not pay the death benefit. We will terminate this policy and return the premiums paid, without interest. Product may vary by state. For cost and complete details of the coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

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Talk with your Colonial Life benefits counselor to learn more.

How much coverage do you need?

Optional riders

At an additional cost, you can purchase the following riders for even more financial protection.

Spouse term life rider

£ YOU $ ___________________

Select the term period: £ 10-year £ 15-year £ 20-year £ 30-year

£ SPOUSE $ ___________________

Select the term period: £ 10-year £ 15-year £ 20-year £ 30-year

Select any optional riders:

£ Spouse term life rider

$ _____________ face amount for ________-year term period

£ Children’s term life rider

$ _____________ face amount

£ Accidental death benefit rider

£ Chronic care accelerated death benefit rider

£ Critical illness accelerated death benefit rider

£ Waiver of premium benefit rider

Your spouse may receive a maximum death benefit of $50,000; 10-year and 20-year spouse term riders are available.

Children’s term life rider

You can purchase up to $20,000 in term life coverage for all of your eligible dependent children and pay one premium. The children’s term life rider may be added to either your policy or your spouse’s policy – not both.

Accidental death benefit rider

The beneficiary may receive an additional benefit if the covered person dies as a result of an accident before age 70. The benefit doubles if the accidental bodily injury occurs while riding as a fare-paying passenger using public transportation, such as ride-sharing services. An additional 25% will be payable if the injury is sustained while driving or riding in a private passenger vehicle and wearing a seatbelt.

Chronic care accelerated death benefit rider

If a licensed health care practitioner certifies that you have a chronic illness, you may receive an advance on all or a portion of the death benefit, available in a one-time lump sum or monthly payments.1 A chronic illness means you require substantial supervision due to a severe cognitive impairment or you may be unable to perform at least two of the six Activities of Daily Living.2 Premiums are waived during the benefit period.

Critical illness accelerated death benefit rider

If you suffer a heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke or end-stage renal (kidney) failure, a $5,000 benefit is payable.1 A subsequent diagnosis benefit is included

Waiver of premium benefit rider

Premiums are waived (for the policy and riders) if you become totally disabled before the policy anniversary following your 65th birthday and you satisfy the six-month elimination period.3

1 Any payout would reduce the death benefit. Benefits may be taxable as income. Individuals should consult with their legal or tax counsel when deciding to apply for accelerated benefits.

To learn more, talk with your Colonial Life benefits counselor.

2 Activities of daily living are bathing, continence, dressing, eating, toileting and transferring.

3 You must resume premium payments once you are no longer disabled.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

If the insured dies by suicide, whether sane or insane, within two years (one year in ND) from the coverage effective date or the date of reinstatement, we will not pay the death benefit. We will terminate this policy and return the premiums paid without interest, minus any loans and loan interest to you.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The policy or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The policy has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy forms ICC18-ITL5000/ITL5000 and rider forms ICC18-R-ITL5000-STR/RITL5000- STR, ICC18-R-ITL5000-CTR/R-ITL5000-CTR, ICC18-R-ITL5000-WP/R-ITL5000-WP, ICC18-R-ITL5000-ACCD/RITL5000- ACCD, ICC18-R-ITL5000-CI/R-ITL5000-CI, ICC18-R-ITL5000-CC/R-ITL5000-CC. For cost and complete details of the coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

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Whole Life Plus Insurance

Give your family peace of mind and coverage for final expenses with Whole Life Plus insurance from Colonial Life.

BENEFITS AND FEATURES

Choose the age when your premium payments end — Paid-Up at Age 70 or Paid-Up at Age 100

Stand-alone spouse policy available even without buying a policy for yourself

Ability to keep the policy if you change jobs or retire

Built-in terminal illness accelerated death benefit that provides up to 75% of the policy’s death benefit (up to $150,000) if you’re diagnosed with a terminal illness2

Immediate $3,000 claim payment that can help your designated beneficiary pay for funeral costs or other expenses

Provides cash surrender value at age 100 (when the policy endows)

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OPTIONS

Spouse term rider

Cover your spouse with a death benefit up to $50,000, for 10 or 20 years.

Juvenile Whole Life Plus policy

Purchase a policy (paid-up at age 70) while children are young and premiums are low — whether or not you buy a policy for yourself. You may also increase the coverage when the child is 18, 21 and 24 without proof of good health.

Children’s term rider

You may purchase up to $20,000 in term life coverage for all of your eligible dependent children and pay one premium. The children’s term rider may be added to either your policy or your spouse’s policy — not both.

ADVANTAGES OF WHOLE LIFE PLUS INSURANCE

• Permanent coverage that stays the same through the life of the policy

• Premiums will not increase due to changes in health or age

• Accumulates cash value based on a non-forfeiture interest rate of 3.75%1

• Policy loans available, which can be used for emergencies

• Benefit for the beneficiary that is typically tax-free

Your cost will vary based on the amount of coverage you select.

You can’t predict your family’s future, but you can be prepared for it.

Benefits worksheet

For use with your benefits counselor

How much coverage do you need?

 YOU $

Select the option:

 Paid-Up at Age 70

 Paid-Up at Age 100



SPOUSE $

Select the option:  Paid-Up at Age 70

 Paid-Up at Age 100



DEPENDENT STUDENT

$

Select the option:

 Paid-Up at Age 70

 Paid-Up at Age 100

Select any optional riders:

 Spouse term rider

$ _____________face amount for _________-year term period

 Children’s term rider

$ ________ face amount



Accidental death benefit rider

 Chronic care accelerated death benefit rider

 Critical illness accelerated death benefit rider

 Guaranteed purchase option rider



Waiver of premium benefit rider

To learn more, talk with your benefits counselor.

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OPTIONS (CONTINUED)

Accidental death benefit rider

The beneficiary may receive an additional benefit if the covered person dies as a result of an accident before age 70. The benefit doubles if the accidental bodily injury occurs while riding as a fare-paying passenger using public transportation, such as ride-sharing services. An additional 25% will be payable if the injury is sustained while driving or riding in a private passenger vehicle and wearing a seatbelt.

Chronic care accelerated death benefit rider

If a licensed health care practitioner certifies that you have a chronic illness, you may receive an advance on all or a portion of the death benefit, available in a one-time lump sum or monthly payments.2 A chronic illness means you require substantial supervision due to a severe cognitive impairment or you may be unable to perform at least two of the six Activities of Daily Living (bathing, continence, dressing, eating, toileting and transferring). Premiums are waived during the benefit period.

Critical illness accelerated death benefit rider

If you suffer a heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke or end-stage renal (kidney) failure, a $5,000 benefit is payable.2 A subsequent diagnosis benefit is included.

Guaranteed purchase option rider

This rider allows you to purchase additional whole life coverage — without having to answer health questions — at three different points in the future. The rider may only be added if you are age 50 or younger when you purchase the policy. You may purchase up to your initial face amount, not to exceed a total combined maximum of $100,000 for all options.

Waiver of premium benefit rider

Premiums are waived (for the policy and riders) if you become totally disabled before the policy anniversary following your 65th birthday and you satisfy the six-month elimination period. Once you are no longer disabled, premium payments will resume.

1. Accessing the accumulated cash value reduces the death benefit by the amount accessed, unless the loan is repaid. Cash value will be reduced by any outstanding loans against the policy.

2. Any payout would reduce the death benefit. Benefits may be taxable as income. Individuals should consult with their legal or tax counsel when deciding to apply for accelerated benefits.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS: If the insured dies by suicide, whether sane or insane, within two years (one year in ND) from the coverage effective date or the date of reinstatement, we will not pay the death benefit. We will terminate this policy and return the premiums paid without interest, minus any loans and loan interest to you.

This information is not intended to be a complete description of the insurance coverage available. The policy or its provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The policy has exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. Applicable to policy forms ICC19IWL5000-70/IWL5000-70, ICC19-IWL5000-100/IWL5000-100, ICC19-IWL5000J/IWL5000J and rider forms ICC19-R-IWL5000-STR/R-IWL5000-STR, ICC19-R-IWL5000-CTR/R-IWL5000-CTR, ICC19-R-IWL5000-WP/R-IWL5000-WP, ICC19-R-IWL5000-ACCD/R-IWL5000-ACCD, ICC19-RIWL5000-CI/R-IWL5000-CI, ICC19-R-IWL5000-CC/R-IWL5000-CC, ICC19-R-IWL5000-GPO/RIWL5000-GPO. For cost and complete details of the coverage, call or write your Colonial Life benefits counselor or the company.

Underwritten by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Columbia, SC.

© 2021 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. All rights reserved. Colonial Life is a registered trademark and marketing brand of Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

What is LegalShield?

It’s total access. It’s total freedom. Everyone deserves legal protection. And now, with LegalShield, everyone can access it. No matter how traumatic. No matter how trivial. Whatever your situation is, we are here to help. From real estate to divorce advice, identity theft and beyond, we have your rights covered. Welcome to total peace of mind. Welcome to LegalShield.

What your membership includes.

Know your rights in any situation.

LegalShield gives you the ability to talk to an attorney on any matter without worrying about high hourly costs. For the listed payroll deducted amount you can access legal advice, no matter how traumatic or trivial the issue. That’s why under the protection of LegalShield you and your family can live your life worry free, every day, every night, now and forever.

*Legal Advice unlimited issues

*Letters/calls made on your behalf

*Contracts & documents

Reviewed up to 15 pages

*Lawyers prepare

Your Will, Living Will & Healthcare POA & Durable POA

 Traffic Related Issues( no waiting period for violations)

*Trial Defense

Pre Trial Representation at trial

 Residential Loan Document Assistance

*Uncontested Name Change Assistance

*Uncontested Adoption Representation

*Uncontested Separation / Divorce Representation

*IRS Audit Assistance

*25% Preferred Member Discount

*24/7 Emergency Access for covered situations

IDShield

Everything you would expect with a great Identity Theft service by Kroll Advisory Solutions, the world’s leading risk consulting company in identity theft restoration.

CONSULTATION

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Unlimited Counseling with Investigator, SSN Fraud Detection, Monthly ID Theft Updates, Emergency Assistance 24/7/365, Data Breach Notifications, Identity Alert System, Lost/Stolen Wallet Assistance, Reduce Pre Approved Card Offers, Sex Offender Registry Reports, Live Support.

RESTORATION

* Licensed Private Investigators, Complete Restoration for Medical ID, Financial and Complete Identity, $5 Million Service Guarantee.

PRIVACY MONITORING

Life Events We Help With:

Warranties

Lease Agreements

Overcharges Civil Rights

Defective Products Child Support

Property Disputes Divorce

Possible Foreclosure Guardianship

Traffic Tickets IRS Audits

Credit Liability Matters ……and much more

Your LegalShield Plan Covers:

The member

The member’s spouse or significant other

Never married dependent children under 23 living at home Dependent children under age 18 for whom the member is legal guardian

Full time college students up to age 26 never married, dependent children Physically or mentally challenged child living at home

Your IDShield Covers:

The member

The member’s spouse or significant other Safeguard for minors Up to 8 dependents under the age of 18

Special Group Rates:

*Global Black Market Website Surveillance for Name, DOB, SSN, Emails(10), Phone(10), Driver’s License, Passport, Medical ID(10) File Sharing Network Searches, Address Change Verification.

SECURITY MONITORING

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Global Black Market Website Surveillance for SSN, CC Numbers(10)

12 Month 11 Month 10 Month

Legal Plan Only $15.95 $17.40 $19.14

IDShield Individual $8.45 $9.22 $10.14

Legal +IDShield Individual $24.40 $26.62 $29.28

IDShieldFamily $15.95 $17.40 $19.14

Legal +IDShield Family $28.90 $31.53 $34.68

Bank Account Numbers(10), Credit Inquiry Alerts, Payday Loan Monitoring, Minor Identity Protection, Court Records, Credit Monitoring and Quarterly Score Tracker. 20 Pay $9.57 $5.07 $14.64 $9.57 $17.34

This is a general overview of your legal plan coverage for illustration purposes only. See a plan contract for complete terms, coverage, amounts, conditions and exclusions

PIERCE GROUP BENEFITS

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

THE FSASTORE

FLEX SPENDING WITH ZERO GUESSWORK Your Health, Your Funds, Your Choice

Take control of your health and wellness with guaranteed FSA-eligible essentials. Pierce Group Benefits partners with the FSAstore to provide one convenient location for Flexible Spending Account holders to manage and use their FSA funds, and save on more than 4,000 health and wellness products using tax-free health money. Through our partnership, we’re also here to help answer the many questions that come along with having a Flexible Spending Account!

– The largest selection of guaranteed FSA-eligible products

Phone and live chat support available 24 hours a day / 7 days a week

– Fast and free shipping on orders over $50

Use your FSA card or any other major credit card for purchases

Other Great FSAstore Resources Available To You

Eligibility List: A comprehensive list of eligible products and services

FSA Calculator: Estimate how much you can save with an FSA Learning Center: Easy tips and resources for living with an FSA Savings Center: Where you can save even more on FSA-eligible essentials

FSAPerks: Take your health and funds further with the FSAstore rewards program

Shop FSA Eligible Products Through Our Partnership with The FSA Store!

BONUS: Get $20 off any order of $150+ with code PGB20FSA (one use per customer).

General Notice of COBRA Continuation Coverage Rights

Continuation Coverage Rights Under COBRA**

Introduction

You are receiving this notice because you recently gained coverage under a group health plan (the Plan). This notice has important information about your right to COBRA continuation coverage, which is a temporary extension of coverage under the Plan. This notice explains COBRA continuation coverage, when it may become available to you and your family, and what you need to do to protect your right to get it. When you become eligible for COBRA, you may also become eligible for other coverage options that may cost less than COBRA continuation coverage.

The right to COBRA continuation coverage was created by a federal law, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). COBRA continuation coverage can become available to you and other members of your family when group health coverage would otherwise end. For more information about your rights and obligations under the Plan and under federal law, you should review the Plan’s Summary Plan Description or contact the Plan Administrator.

You may have other options available to you when you lose group health coverage. For example, you may be eligible to buy an individual plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace. By enrolling in coverage through the Marketplace, you may qualify for lower costs on your monthly premiums and lower out of pocket costs. Additionally, you may qualify for a 30 day special enrollment period for another group health plan for which you are eligible (such as a spouse’s plan), even if that plan generally doesn’t accept late enrollees.

What is COBRA continuation coverage?

COBRA continuation coverage is a continuation of Plan coverage when it would otherwise end because of a life event. This is also called a “qualifying event.” Specific qualifying events are listed later in this notice. After a qualifying event, COBRA continuation coverage must be offered to each person who is a “qualified beneficiary.” You, your spouse, and your dependent children could become qualified beneficiaries if coverage under the Plan is lost because of the qualifying event. Under the Plan, qualified beneficiaries who elect COBRA continuation coverage must pay for COBRA continuation coverage.

If you’re an employee, you’ll become a qualified beneficiary if you lose your coverage under the Plan because of the following qualifying events:

• Your hours of employment are reduced, or

• Your employment ends for any reason other than your gross misconduct.

If you’re the spouse of an employee, you’ll become a qualified beneficiary if you lose your coverage under the Plan because of the following qualifying events:

• Your spouse dies;

• Your spouse’s hours of employment are reduced;

• Your spouse’s employment ends for any reason other than his or her gross misconduct;

• Your spouse becomes entitled to Medicare benefits (under Part A, Part B, or both); or

• You become divorced or legally separated from your spouse.

Your dependent children will become qualified beneficiaries if they lose coverage under the Plan because of the following qualifying events:

• The parent employee dies;

• The parent employee’s hours of employment are reduced;

• The parent employee’s employment ends for any reason other than his or her gross misconduct;

• The parent employee becomes entitled to Medicare benefits (Part A, Part B, or both);

• The parents become divorced or legally separated; or

• The child stops being eligible for coverage under the Plan as a “dependent child.”

Sometimes, filing a proceeding in bankruptcy under title 11 of the United States Code can be a qualifying event. If a proceeding in bankruptcy is filed with respect to Union County Schools, and that bankruptcy results in the loss of coverage of any retired employee covered under the Plan, the retired employee will become a qualified beneficiary. The retired employee’s spouse, surviving spouse, and dependent children will also become qualified beneficiaries if bankruptcy results in the loss of their coverage under the Plan.

When is COBRA continuation coverage available?

The Plan will offer COBRA continuation coverage to qualified beneficiaries only after the Plan Administrator has been notified that a qualifying event has occurred. The employer must notify the Plan Administrator of the following qualifying events:

• The end of employment or reduction of hours of employment;

• Death of the employee;

• Commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy with respect to the employer; or

• The employee’s becoming entitled to Medicare benefits (under Part A, Part B, or both).

For all other qualifying events (divorce or legal separation of the employee and spouse or a dependent child’s losing eligibility for coverage as a dependent child), you must notify the Plan Administrator within 60 days after the qualifying event occurs. You must provide this notice to:

Union County Public Schools. Applicable documentation will be required i.e. court order, certificate of coverage etc.

How is COBRA continuation coverage provided?

Once the Plan Administrator receives notice that a qualifying event has occurred, COBRA continuation coverage will be offered to each of the qualified beneficiaries. Each qualified beneficiary will have an independent right to elect COBRA continuation coverage. Covered employees may elect COBRA continuation coverage on behalf of their spouses, and parents may elect COBRA continuation coverage on behalf of their children.

COBRA continuation coverage is a temporary continuation of coverage that generally lasts for 18 months due to employment termination or reduction of hours of work. Certain qualifying events, or a second qualifying event during the initial period of coverage, may permit a beneficiary to receive a maximum of 36 months of coverage.

There are also ways in which this 18 month period of COBRA continuation coverage can be extended:

Disability extension of 18 month period of COBRA continuation coverage

If you or anyone in your family covered under the Plan is determined by Social Security to be disabled and you notify the Plan Administrator in a timely fashion, you and your entire family may be entitled to get up to an additional 11 months of COBRA continuation coverage, for a maximum of 29 months. The disability would have to have started at some time before the 60th day of COBRA continuation coverage and must last at least until the end of the 18 month period of COBRA continuation coverage.

Second qualifying event extension of 18-month period of continuation coverage

If your family experiences another qualifying event during the 18 months of COBRA continuation coverage, the spouse and dependent children in your family can get up to 18 additional months of COBRA continuation coverage, for a maximum of 36 months, if the Plan is properly notified about the second qualifying event. This extension may be available to the spouse and any dependent children getting COBRA continuation coverage if the employee or former employee dies; becomes entitled to Medicare benefits (under Part A, Part B, or both); gets divorced or legally separated; or if the dependent child stops being eligible under the Plan as a dependent child. This extension is only available if the second qualifying event would have caused the spouse or dependent child to lose coverage under the Plan had the first qualifying event not occurred.

Are there other coverage options besides COBRA Continuation Coverage?

Yes. Instead of enrolling in COBRA continuation coverage, there may be other coverage options for you and your family through the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid, or other group health plan coverage options (such as a spouse’s plan) through what is called a “special enrollment period.” Some of these options may cost less than COBRA continuation coverage. You can learn more about many of these options at www.healthcare.gov.

If you have questions

Questions concerning your Plan or your COBRA continuation coverage rights should be addressed to the contact or contacts identified below. For more information about your rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), including COBRA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and other laws affecting group health plans, contact the nearest Regional or District Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) in your area or visit www.dol.gov/ebsa. (Addresses and phone numbers of Regional and District EBSA Offices are available through EBSA’s website.) For more information about the Marketplace, visit www.HealthCare.gov

Keep your Plan informed of address changes

To protect your family’s rights, let the Plan Administrator know about any changes in the addresses of family members. You should also keep a copy, for your records, of any notices you send to the Plan Administrator.

Plan contact information

Union County Public Schools

400 N. Church St. Monroe, NC 28112

Phone: (704) 290 1544

Fax: (704) 283 1657

COBRA Administrator for FSA Coverage

Ameriflex

2508 Highlander Way, Suite 200 Carrollton, TX 75006

Fax: 609 257 0136

COBRA Administrator for Vision Coverage

Superior Vision

Attn: Cobra 11101 White Rock Road Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

COBRA Administrator for Dental Coverage

Delta Dental of North Carolina Attn: COBRA Administrator 240 Venture Circle Nashville, TN 37228

Authorization for Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company

For the purpose of evaluating my application(s) for insurance submitted during the current enrollment and eligibility for benefits under any insurance issued including checking for and resolving any issues that may arise regarding incomplete or incorrect information on my application(s), I hereby authorize the disclosure of the following information about me and, if applicable, my dependents, from the sources listed below to Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company (Colonial) and its duly authorized representatives.

Health information may be disclosed by any health care provider or institution, health plan or health care clearinghouse that has any records or knowledge about me including prescription drug database or pharmacy benefit manager, or ambulance or other medical transport service. Health information may also be disclosed by any insurance company, Medicare or Medicaid agencies or the Medical Information Bureau (MIB). Health information includes my entire medical record, but does not include psychotherapy notes. Non-health information including earnings or employment history deemed appropriate by Colonial to evaluate my application may be disclosed by any person or organization that has these records about me, including my employer, employer representative and compensation sources, insurance company, financial institution or governmental entities including departments of public safety and motor vehicle departments.

Any information Colonial obtains pursuant to this authorization will be used for the purpose of evaluating my application(s) for insurance or eligibility for benefits. Some information obtained may not be protected by certain federal regulations governing the privacy of health information, but the information is protected by state privacy laws and other applicable laws. Colonial will not disclose the information unless permitted or required by those laws.

This authorization is valid for two (2) years from its execution and a copy is as valid as the original. A copy will be included with my contract(s) and I or my authorized representative may request access to this information. This authorization may be revoked by me or my authorized representative at any time except to the extent Colonial has relied on the authorization prior to notice of revocation or has a legal right to contest coverage under the contract(s) or the contract itself. If revoked, Colonial may not be able to evaluate my application(s) for insurance or eligibility for benefits as necessary to issue my contract(s). I may revoke this authorization by sending written notice to: Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, Underwriting Department, P.O. Box 1365, Columbia, SC 29202.

You may refuse to sign this form; however, Colonial may not be able to issue your coverage. I am the individual to whom this authorization applies or that person’s legal Guardian, Power of Attorney Designee, or Conservator.

(Printed name of individual (Social Security (Signature) (Date Signed) subject to this disclosure) Number)

If applicable, I signed on behalf of the proposed insured as __________________________ (indicate relationship). If legal Guardian, Power or Attorney Designee, or Conservator.

(Printed name of legal representative) (Signature of legal representative) (Date Signed)

I’m Leaving, Now What?

If you are retiring, you must either log in to www.myncretirement.com or call 1 877-679-6272. employees and dependents continue coverage for 18 36 months under the COBRA Act. Please contact the State Health Plan at 1 877-679-6272.

Other Benefits

If you wish to continue coverage of any of the following benefits, Pierce Group Benefits will be happy to serve you:

Life, etc.

Please visit www.piercegroupbenefits.com/individualfamily or call 888-662-7500 for more information on these policies, as well as to enroll/continue your benefits. You may also click on the “Individual & Family” button on the Pierce Group Benefits homepage, www.piercegroupbenefits.com to access this information.

Transferring from one Employer to Another?

If you are transferring from a current PGB client to another, some benefits may be eligible for transfer. Please call 888 662 7500 and a Service Specialist will be glad to help you.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

AMERIFLEX - FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS

• Customer Service: 1-888-868-3539

• Website: www.myameriflex.com

• Claims Mailing Address: P.O. Box 269009, Plano, TX 75026

MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT ONLINE OR DOWNLOAD THE MYAMERIFLEX MOBILE APP

• Check your Balance

• Submit a

• Check Claim Status

• Mark Your Card Lost

DELTA - DENTAL INSURANCE

• Customer Service: 1-800-662-8856

• Website: www.DeltaDentalNC.com

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• Customer Service: 1-800-507-3800

• Website: www.superiorvision.com

SUN

• Customer Service: 1-800-247-6875

• Website: www.sunlife.com/us

LEGAL SHIELD - PRE-PAID LEGAL

• Mark Spessard: 919-730-0720

• Email Address: mcs.legalshield@gmail.com

CALL A DOCTOR PLUS - TELEMEDICINE

See

TO VIEW YOUR BENEFITS ONLINE

Visit www.piercegroupbenefits.com/ unioncountypublicschools

For additional information concerning plans offered to employees of Union County Public Schools, please contact our North Carolina Service Center at 1-888-662-7500, ext. 100

COLONIAL LIFE

VISIT COLONIALLIFE.COM TO SET UP YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT

• Website: www.coloniallife.com

• Claims Fax: 1-800-880-9325

• Customer Service & Wellness Screenings: 1-800-325-4368

• TDD for hearing impaired customers call: 1-800-798-4040

If you wish to file a Wellness/Cancer Screening claim for a test performed within the past 18 months, you need the name and date of the test performed as well as your doctor’s name and phone number. Colonial also needs to know if this is for you or another covered individual and their name and social security number. You may:

• FILE BY PHONE! Call 1-800-325-4368 and provide the information requested by Colonial’s Automated Voice Response System, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, or

• SUBMIT ON THE INTERNET using the Wellness Claim Form at www.coloniallife.com, or

• Write your name, address, social security number and/or policy/certificate number on your bill and indicate “Wellness Test.” Fax this to Colonial at 1-800-880-9325 or MAIL to PO Box 100195, Columbia, SC 29202

If your Wellness/Cancer Screening test was more than 18 months ago, you must fax or mail Colonial a copy of the bill or statement from your doctor indicating the type of procedure performed, the charge incurred and the date of service. Please write your full name, social security number, and current address on the bill.

Please Note: If your cancer policy includes a second part to the screening benefit, bills for tests covered and a copy of the diagnostic report (reflecting the abnormal reading of your first test) must be mailed or faxed to us for benefits to be provided.

When

Colonial coverage either through direct billing or automatic payment through

Colonial at 1-800-325-4368 to request the continuation of benefits form.